Lowell Week in Review: October 5, 2014

Belanger for Baker The very close race for governor of Massachusetts between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker landed in Lowell earlier in the week when Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito visited the city.  She was escorted through the Hamilton Canal District by City Councilor Corey Belanger…

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Textile Memorial dedication ceremony

Cadets from the UMass Lowell Air Force and Army ROTC detachments joined members of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council, local elected officials, representatives of the UMass Lowell Office of Veterans Affairs and family members of a Lowell Tech student killed in action during World War Two to dedicate the new…

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Jeff Speck at Lowell Plan Breakfast

Jeff Speck, a nationally recognized urban planner, was brought to Lowell four years ago by the Lowell Plan to draft a plan to improve the city’s downtown, primarily by making it more walkable.  Called the “Lowell Downtown Evolution Plan”, Speck’s ideas have supporters and critics.  Today Speck was the keynote…

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Lowell: Place of Invention

This past Tuesday night the American Textile History Museum and Lowell Telecommunications Corporation hosted a preview of “Lowell: Place of Invention”, a series of four short videos about invention in Lowell that will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2015.  Sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center…

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