LOWELL — A little after 10 a.m. Saturday, the preparations for another day of the Lowell Folk Festival had begun with about two hours to go until the official start time of Day 2. Stage techs could be heard setting up and checking the sound equipment for the second day’s musical acts, volunteers bustled around making sure everything was squared away and, most importantly, a faint, smoky haze loomed over Downtown Lowell as groups fired up their grills to start making another day’s worth of food from around the world.
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Get ready for kindergarten
LEOMINSTER — It’s the first day of kindergarten for the characters, Jenny and Rebecca. Come find out about their first day adventures, as the staff at Leominster Project Apples CFCE and Leominster Public Library’s Martin T. Feldman Children’s Room welcome children, their parents, and caregivers to a special performance of “First Day”, an original play, […]
Celebrating the best of Leominster
LEOMINSTER — It is the honor of the Leominster community to celebrate John Churcher and Kathy DiRusso – recipients of this year’s “Citizens of the Year” award – at Saturday’s annual Starburst celebration. Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Doyle Field, located at 206 Priest St. A rain date is planned for Sunday, July […]
Sharks reportedly taking striped bass from fishermen, Cape Cod researchers tag shark near whale carcass off Scituate
Sharks reportedly taking striped bass from fishermen, Cape Cod researchers tag shark near whale carcass off Scituate, coyote spotted attacking a seal
Appreciation: Jack Connors was a quiet hero of Boston
“If all the people he helped came together, you’d need Fenway Park to hold them all,” said Joe Nolan, a friend for decades. “If a guy needed a car, Jack would show up with one. He did one good deed after another.”
‘A collection of things that move together’
LEOMINSTER — A group of youngsters and their caregivers constructed a wide variety of mechanisms out of popsicle sticks, cardboard, paperclips, cups, scrap paper, and other common materials during a recent program at the library. Participants joined Jay Mankita and his associate Susan McGinn on July 16 for a STEM-themed maker-skills workshop called “Artful Mechanisms”. […]
