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It’s not too late to sign up for tomorrow’s Small Business Social Media Summit which will be held at the Westford Regency Hotel. Sponsored by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, SBSM 2014 brings together leading practitioners and theorists in the world of social media and its uses by small…
Read More »Lowell National Historical Park News Release 2014 Excellence Awards Recognition For Community Contributors “During National Preservation Month, Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership celebrate community efforts in the realms of historic preservation, cultural heritage, and volunteerism. Recognition of these accomplishments will occur at the kick-off of Doors Open…
Read More »Fifty years ago on a Sunday afternoon June 7, 1964, 90 Elementary Education Majors, 13 Secondary Education Majors, 27 Music Majors and 2 English Majors received their degrees from the Massachusetts State College at Lowell. With words of wisdom from the Rt. Reverend George Casey, Editor of the Archdiocese of…
Read More »Maybe Lowell should be doing more with the Mother’s Day celebration, since we have a claim on one of the most familiar mothers of all mothers . . .
Read More »PET PIGS We’ll start on a light note with the prospective Lowell resident who petitioned the city council Tuesday night to amend city ordinances to allow the keeping of miniature pigs as household pets. The petitioner currently lives in Arlington and owns a female miniature pig named Bacon. The woman…
Read More »This news is a couple of weeks old, but we should still tip our hats to all those involved with the continued development of the Riverwalk along the Merrimack. According to reporter Katie Lannan of the Sun newspaper, on April 24 Congresswoman Niki Tsongas with City and national park leaders…
Read More »The following sales occurred in Lowell during the past week: May 5, 2014 – Monday 59-61 Bachman St for $241,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $225,000 135 Hampshire St for $153,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $135,000 1007-1011 Central St for $165,000. Prior sale in 1979 259 South St for…
Read More »What do you know, this is Bay State Bike Week. Julia Hans, a member of the city’s Green Building Commission did a blog post on her “Green Sense” blog about the significance of the week. Here’s some of what she wrote: Bay State Bike Week begins this weekend and runs…
Read More »Jay Mason, Chair of the Lowell Green Building Commission and a member of 350MA of Greater Lowell, shared the following observations about the mainstream media’s coverage of climate change this week: This past Wednesday, May 7th the Boston Globe carried a story on climate change. This is not new –…
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas. The tour will be repeated on Friday, May 16 at 1 pm and on Saturday, May 17 at 10 am, both starting at the Lawrence Street Gate.
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