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Don’t Sleep on This Bill
Every year in the U.S., 15 million mattresses are discarded, ending up in landfills or simply dumped on the sides of roads, in ravines and along riverbanks. It is estimated that in Massachusetts alone, 12,000 tons of mattresses are dumped annually. On Wednesday morning, MassRecycle and Sen. Kennedy hosted a legislative briefing at the State…
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Teen BLOCK Receives $12,000 from Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
Each year the proceeds of Lowell’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner benefit a community organization that works with city youth. This year’s beneficiary was the Lowell Community Health Center’s Teen BLOCK (Building Leadership Opportunities in the Community), a variety of programs founded in 1988 that provide education, support and leadership opportunities to young people in…
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James Ostis Named Legislative Director
Sen. Ed Kennedy is proud to announce he has named James Ostis, of Lowell, his new Legislative Director. Ostis was Sen. Kennedy’s assistant when he served as the Mayor of Lowell and stayed on as Mayor Bill Samaras’ assistant. This will be a return to Beacon Hill for him, having previously served as a legislative…
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Merrimack River Valley Voyagers
On Friday August 9, the third day of the Merrimack River Valley Voyagers adventure kayaking the 117-miles of the Merrimack River from Franklin, NH to Plum Island, Ma they landed in the great city of Lowell. Sen. Kennedy kayaked in along with some of his colleagues from Beacon Hill, including Sen. Diana Dizoglio, Rep. Jim…
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Sen. Kennedy Secures $100,000 for MCC STEM Building
Senator Ed Kennedy delivered his first speech on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon in support of a budget amendment he filed to secure $100,000 in the Senate’s FY20 budget for the study and design of a new STEM building on Middlesex Community College’s Lowell Campus. The amendment was subsequently adopted by his colleagues. The text…
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May/June Events (Including Memorial Day Events)
Lowell National Historical Park Canal Boat Tours start for the season Memorial Day weekend. For a full schedule and to plan your trip visit: https://www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm Friday June 7 – Sunday June 9: The Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library in Westford hold their June Book Sale. A Friends Members Only Sale will be held…
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Indian Hill Music Goes Big
The Hill is soon to be alive with the sound of music . . . The 34-year-old Indian Hill Music, currently located in Littleton, is constructing a state-of-the-art music school and performance venue on 110-acres off old Ayer Road overlooking its namesake – Indian Hill. On Monday, Indian Hill CEO Lisa Fiorentino, founder Susan Randazzo,…
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April/May Events
Saturday April 20 – Khmer New Year Celebration; 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Lowell Senior Center (276 Broadway St.) followed by a parade to Clemente Park (803 Middlesex St.) where from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. there will be Khmer food, tradition dance, music, and games. In the event of rain the morning…
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ARTS Matter
Today was MASSCreative’s Arts Advocacy Day. The day began at the beautiful Paramount Theatre. The Paramount, opened in 1932 as a single-screen 1,700-seat theater was one of the first movie houses in Boston to play talkies. It closed in 1976, but was renovated by Emerson College into a performing arts center, re-opened in 2010. Hundreds…
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A Promise for the Future
Friday afternoon, Sen. Kennedy testified before the Joint Committee on Education in support of the PROMISE Act, a bill seeking to reforming the Commonwealth’s education funding formula and provide more equitable funding for all of the state’s public school districts. Below is his testimony: As the Joint Committee on Education convenes to consider various legislative…
