Reporter Charlene Smith tells the story of Mayor Murphy’s relationship with the community here. In part she claims, Murphy’s ability to connect with politically disenfranchised immigrants has clearly helped the city. It also happens to be an instinctive application of ideas that have worked in economically challenged developing nations, says Robert Rotberg, president emeritus of the World [...]
Mayor Murphy talks on an LTC program about the Lowell Folk Festival during the festivities.
Continue reading …In fight against urban blight, Lowell adds tool to arsenal By John Laidler Globe Correspondent / May 27, 2012 A once-blighted Lowell house has been rehabilitated and put on the market through the city’s use of a state tool that allows abandoned properties to be placed into receivership. City officials Tuesday held a ribbon cutting ceremony to highlight the [...]
Continue reading …From The Armenian Weekly: A mother’s hands weaving the history of her people. Displaying an artist’s rendition of genocide memorial for Lowell (L-R) Mayor Patrick Murphy; Daniel Varoujan-Hejinian, artist/designer; and Armen Jeknavorian, committee chairman. Such is the theme of an elaborate genocide memorial approved by city officials during a meeting with organizers from the Merrimack [...]
Continue reading …LOWELL — Do you like kickball and yoga? How about free coffee and doughnuts? A free lunch for cleaning up University Avenue? Then clear your schedule for Saturday, May 12 — Lowell’s first Give Back Day. The daylong event is part of a project for a leadership class Kimberly Jackson is taking at the University [...]
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