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Read More »CTI “Bridge Builder” Honorees
Here are the “Bridge Builder” honorees from this evening’s Community Teamwork (CTI) “Building Bridges to Independence” event at the UML/ICC. A great event with worthy honorees… David McLean representing the Demoulas Family and Market Basket (nutrition); Bruce Robinson, VP of Fred C. Church (extraordinary volunteer); CTI ED Karen Frederick; Michael Durkin,…
Read More »Cultural Heritage & Historic Preservation Awards
Tonight at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership presented the 2014 Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation Awards. Lowell National Park Superintendent Celeste Bernardo served as the master of ceremonies. She explained that the theme of the National Park in 2014 is…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours this Friday & Saturday
I’ll be leading walking tours of Lowell Cemetery beginning from the Lawrence Street gate this Friday (May 16) at 1 pm and on Saturday (May 17) at 10 am. The tours will be held rain or shine (although not in a thunder storm since the first rule of cemetery tours…
Read More »Video Marketing from Small Business Social Media summit
Yesterday I attended the very successful Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce Small Business Social Media Summit at the Westford Regency Hotel. The speakers were all informative and entertaining and the event was every well attended. Hopefully it will become an annual event. Over the next few days, I’ll do some…
Read More »Introducing Julie Mofford
Perhaps that should say “re-introducing” because many readers will fondly remember Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant. Julie has agreed to contribute blog posts to richardhowe.com from…
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Read More »Katherine Clark: too new to be cynical by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. At least 16 Democrats will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives this fall. No surprise there, given that they are outnumbered 233 to 200 (with two vacant seats), and the Republican majority has no interest in…
Read More »Lowell Historical Society ~ Among the Artifacts: The Wooden Stake
This is a another cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog site… Lowell Historical Society curator Ryan Owen continues his search for those “forgotten finds” in the archives and he shares them with us. (You can learn more about the Lowell Historical Society by visiting the website.) Among the Artifacts: The Wooden…
Read More »City Council Meeting: May 13, 2014
COMMUNICATIONS City Manager gave a brief report on his meeting with leadership of UTEC to hear their side of the story. It was a fruitful meeting. He will now meet with Superintendent Taylor. Hopefully will get the City-UTEC relationship back on track. VOTE Authorizing the City Manager to execute a…
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