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White Water Rafting Returns to Lowell
Today marked the official start of white-water rafting season in Lowell! Each year the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust partner with Zoar Outdoor to provide a unique urban white-water rafting experience. During the natural spring run-off of rain and melting snow, the Concord River swells and produces class 3 and 4 rapids. Rafting is available…
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Lowell State Delegation Tours Project Learn’s Youth Innovation Space
Yesterda, March 9th 2022, State Senator Ed Kennedy toured the Youth Innovation Space at Project Learn along with State Representative Tom Golden and State Representative Vanna Howard. The Youth Innovation Space will provide students with a welcoming and supportive community space and create opportunities for Lowell youth to imagine, design, and build new learning opportunities.…
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State Senator Ed Kennedy Attends Roundtable Discussion Regarding Upgrading Sewer Systems Along Merrimack River
On Monday, February 14th, State Senator Ed Kennedy met with Congresswoman Lori Trahan, U.S. EPA – New England Region Administrator David Cash, State Representative Vanna Howard, State Representative Rady Mom, Colleen Garry State Representative, Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, Executive Director Jane Calvin of the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, representatives from the Merrimack River…
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PRESS RELEASE – Massachusetts Senate Passes PACT Act
BOSTON (02/10/2022) – Today, the Massachusetts Senate passed An Act relative to Pharmaceutical Access, Cost and Transparency (PACT Act 2022), comprehensive cost control legislation which addresses the rapidly rising costs of prescription drugs. This bill puts the Senate at the forefront of the Commonwealth’s efforts to address rapidly increasing prescription drug costs by connecting the…
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Squannacook River Rail Trail Recieves $100k In ARPA Funding.
On Saturday, February 5th, State Senator Ed Kennedy joined with State Senator John Cronin, Townsend Selectman Charles Sexton-Diranian, Townsend Selectwoman Veronica Kell, Townsend Selectman Joseph Shank and Groton Selectman Peter Cunningham, to present a check for $100,000 to Squannacook Greenways. This funding originated as a budget amendment filed by Senator Cronin in the State’s 2021…
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Baker Administration Announces Plans for Significant Infrastructure Investment
Yesterday, the Baker-Polito administration announced plans for significant investment through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law into road, bridge, public transportation, and environmental infrastructure projects throughout Massachusetts. The plans were outlined by Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides at the Allen…
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Senate Passes Supplemental COVID Funding
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 the Massachusetts State Senate passed S.2622, a supplemental budget for fiscal Year 2022. The bill provides a $50 million investment to further encourage usage and increase the availability of both testing and vaccination throughout the Commonwealth. S2622 includes: $7 million to assist community organizations in disproportionately impacted communities promoting vaccine awareness…
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Senator Kennedy Testifies Before Joint Committee on Revenue
Today Senator Kennedy testified before Chairman Adam Hinds and Chairman Mark Cusack and the Joint Committee on Revenue in support of two bills he filed, S.1893, An Act to promote urban agriculture and horticulture, and S.1896, An Act providing a local option to allow more solar energy generation on farmlands. Across the Commonwealth, urban agriculture…
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Senator Kennedy Testifies on S.2406, Resoultions Condemning Political Oppression and Encouraging Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia
Today State Senator Ed Kennedy testified before the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs on S.2406, a resolution he filed condemning political oppression and encouraging free and fair elections in Cambodia. Lowell Massachusetts is home to the second largest Cambodian American population in the United States—the vast majority of whom are either refugees or…
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Senator Kennedy Testifies Before Revenue Committee on Student Loan Repayment Bill
Today Senator Kennedy testified before the Joint Committee on Revenue in support of legislation he filed, S.1891 An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment. This bill seeks to provide relief to recent college graduates in Massachusetts from the financial burden of student loan debt. S.1891 would offer a tax deduction of up to $2,000 per…
