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🌱 What new state funding and protections are headed directly to Lowell?

Good morning Lowell! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What new state funding and protections are headed directly to Lowell?
  • How a $2B deal could remake one of Lowell’s toughest neighborhoods
  • What we know about Saturday’s non-fatal shooting near Chestnut Street

Also on today's calendar: Community Yard Sale & Fundraiser – Vendors, Raffle & More and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why aren't koalas actual bears? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Rain becoming steadier, with a high of 50 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and cool, temps: high: 51, low: 27.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Howard Votes in Favor of Mass Ready Act (insidelowell.com) — Lowell stands to gain $1 million for Riverview Park upgrades and several smaller education and pedestrian safety grants through Senator Vanna Howard’s work on recent state legislation. The Mass Ready Act also advances a local option to restrict harmful rodenticides, a long-time priority of Lowell officials, while targeting climate resilience and clean water projects statewide.
   

2. Global company brings $2B investment to Lowell (bostonherald.com) — Lowell is set to receive up to $2 billion in private investment focused on the long-struggling Jackson/Appleton/Middlesex urban renewal area, under a new agreement with Solar International Core Canada. City leaders say the deal, tied to Lowell’s Frontrunner City status, could transform housing, infrastructure, and economic opportunity in one of the city’s most densely populated, lowest-income neighborhoods.
   

3. Man flown to hospital after Saturday morning shooting in Lowell (wcvb.com) — Lowell police say a man was shot multiple times late Saturday morning near Chestnut and Ash streets and flown by medical helicopter to a Boston-area hospital, where his injuries are not considered life-threatening. No arrests have been made, but investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident and report no ongoing threat to the public.
   

4. River Hawks Fall to Vermont on Senior Day, 14-10 (newenglandnewspress.com) — UMass Lowell men’s lacrosse fell 14–10 to Vermont on Senior Day in Lowell, despite a four-goal performance from junior Johnny Soi. Eight different River Hawks registered points as the young squad mounted several comebacks. The team now heads to Rhode Island to close its season against Bryant next Saturday.
   

5. The new Acton Food Pantry provides positive shopping experience, volunteer opportunities (actonexchange.org) — Lowell residents are among 71 communities served by the newly expanded Acton Food Pantry, which now operates four days a week near the South Acton commuter rail station. The pantry offers a dignified, choice-based shopping experience, including baby supplies, and relies on about 250 volunteers plus donations from area grocery stores and partners like Citizens Energy Corporation.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Anyone know what’s going on on middlesex street?
    There’s tons of cops and drunk people and the street is blocked. (Nextdoor Downtown)
  • MondelÄ“z International posted a job opening for Full Time Nabisco Merchandiser/Order Writer -Hockessin, PA in Lowell. Apply here.
  • Superprof posted a job opening for English literature Private Tutoring Jobs in Lowell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lowell here.

Ok Lowell! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They don't meet the koalafications! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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