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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
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Providing For a Better Future
Four years ago Joanna Rojas was pregnant with her son, Elliott, caring for her 6-year-old son, and homeless, living in a shelter in Lowell. She secured a job working with Aramark at UMass Lowell, but needed child care. Through Acre Family Child Care, Joanna was connected to child care provider Maria Manrique. Maria opened
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Doughnuts with Delegates
Lowell is in a housing crisis, with 57.7 percent of renters in the city paying more than 30 percent of their income on housing. The median renter’s household income in the city is $30,798 annually, while the median gross rent is $1089 monthly. There needs to be stronger support for affordable housing development and programs.
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February/March Events
February 18-23: Lowell Kids Week https://lowellkidsweek.org/ February 22-23: Lowell Winterfest https://www.lowellwinterfest.com/ March 5: Two famous Zapotec alebrije woodcarving artists from Oaxaca, Mexico, will be visiting the Cameron center In Westford https://westfordma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=471 Spring is Coming: It is time to sign up for a plot at the Westford Community Garden! https://westfordma.gov/482/Westfords-Community-Gardens
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Senator Kennedy to Chair Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
BOSTON – Sen. Kennedy has been named Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development for this Senate session. Additionally, he has been tapped to serve as Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Community Development and Small Business; and a member of the Senate Committees on Elder Affairs; Election Laws; Environment,
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Lowell Scores $581,000 to Combat Gang Violence
Two weeks ago, his friend was stabbed to death in Lowell over less than $100 worth of marijuana. His cousin was killed under similar circumstances. Justice Wright, 16, grew up in Oakland, California surrounded by people entrenched in gang life, drugs, violence, and prostitution. “I had to grow-up fast, step up and be a man
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Lowell Quarter Launched!
A 19th century mill girl intently working her power loom, weaving the cloth that built a city; the iconic Boott Mills clock tower visible through her window. Designed by Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, it is the image by which Lowell will be known by baristas, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, customers, and numismatists across
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STEMming the Tide
On January 25, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito came to Lowell High School to announce $1.2 million in grant funding from the state, One8 Foundation, and Mass STEM Hub to expand and promote STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) education in 58 schools throughout the Commonwealth. The $50,000 grant awarded to Lowell Public Schools will allow for
