Save the Date! A Celebration of Community Preservation ~ May 16, 2013

Please join the Lowell National Historic Park, the Lowell Heritage Partnership and the City of Lowell/Doors Open Lowell on Thursday May 16, 2013 for a reception and celebration of cultural heritage and historic preservation. The 2013 Community Preservation Awards will be given these honorees: the Lowell Community Health Center, Richard Howe Jr., Albert…

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CSI Ben Butler

While roaming around the city on foot recently a resident I met showed me the above artifact and asked if I could help identify it. I placed it on my knee and snapped a photo with my phone. The item is about 2 inches long and one-half inch wide. It’s…

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…is the handmaid of human good.

307 Market Street, the Gates Block, built in 1881, which Lowell developer and contractor Nick Sarris has renovated over the past year. The ground floor includes a 2,200-square-foot gallery space, a classroom and an artist’s supply store, Van Gogh’s Gear. The four-story, 16,000-square-foot building has 36 separate working artist studios…

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