On Thursday, September 8, State Senator Ed Kennedy was honored to join with members of the Raymond Riddick Family, the John F. Abraham Family, the Ramon Rivera Family, members of the Lowell City Council, members of the Lowell High School Building Committee, State Representative Vanna Howard, State Representative Rady Mom, former Mayor and LHS Headmaster Bill Samaras, and City Manager Tom Golden at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Lowell High School gymnasium building. The gymnasium building will be known as the Raymond Riddick Athletic Center. The second-floor gymnasium is named for John F. Abraham and the basketball court is named for Ramon Rivera.
The ribbon cutting for the new gymnasium building marks the completion of the first phase of the four-phase Lowell High School building project.