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🌱 How a $480M textile initiative could reshape jobs in Lowell
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In today's newsletter:
- How a $480M textile initiative could reshape jobs in Lowell
- How to claim one of Suffolk Place's new affordable condos in Lowell
- How a Lowell teen's police academy training saved a child's life
Also on today's calendar: Estate Sale: 22 & 23 Aug, 9AM - 3PM and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 63. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. UMass Lowell Joins $480 Million Effort to Bolster Defense Textile Manufacturing (insidelowell.com) — UMass Lowell is becoming a key hub in a 10-year, $480 million FutureTEX initiative to modernize defense-related textile manufacturing, anchored at the Fabric Discovery Center on Canal Street. The project will expand advanced-textile research, support local manufacturers, and create workforce opportunities, including for veterans, strengthening Lowell's long-standing role in textile innovation and the regional economy. 
2. Lowell works with developers to create Suffolk Place condos (lowellsun.com) — Lowell officials and partners have opened Suffolk Place, a 33-unit affordable condominium development at Suffolk and Market streets in the Acre, with prices between $199,000 and $330,000. Supported by the city's Community Preservation Act funds, MassHousing, and HUD programs, the project offers first-time buyers education, counseling, and down-payment assistance, with some units still available through the Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership.
3. Lowell teen saves 3-year-old boy's life (lowellsun.com) — A Lowell High School senior used CPR skills learned at the Lowell Police Department's Student Police Academy to save a 3-year-old from drowning while on a family trip in Florida. Her quick actions, later honored with a lifesaving citation in Lowell, highlight how the local youth academy's training in CPR, discipline, and leadership can make a real difference far beyond the city.
4. Surgeons Amputate Man's Arm Trapped in Conveyor Belt at Westford, MA, Plant (firehouse.com) — Emergency crews, including surgical and EMS teams from Lowell General Hospital, helped free a worker whose arm was trapped in a conveyor belt at a Westford industrial plant before he was airlifted to a trauma center. The rare, complex rescue drew on regional technical teams and mutual aid, highlighting the critical role Lowell's medical resources play in serious incidents nearby.
📸 Around Lowell
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lowell
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Sale: 22 & 23 Aug, 9AM - 3PM →
33 Porter Rd, Chelmsford
9:00 am
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Paint Night (TEENS)
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell Young Adult (YA) Area - First Floor Main Branch, 401 Merrimack St
6:00 pm - Raising Readers
Parker Memorial Library Children's Craft Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, D
10:30 am - Bookmobile Stop at Veterans Park/Reilly Playground
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell Bookmobile
12:45 pm - Ice Cream Social
Parker Memorial Library Meeting Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01
3:00 pm - One-On-One Technology Help
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell First Floor Main Branch, 401 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA, 01852
3:00 pm - Bookmobile Stop at McPherson Park
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell Bookmobile
3:00 pm - Flute Lessons
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell Children's Nonfiction Room Ground Floor Main Branch, 401 Me
4:00 pm - Basic Computer Class (PC)
Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell Second Floor Classroom Main Branch, 401 Merrimack St., Lowell
5:00 pm
Tuesday August 18
Wednesday August 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Wiggles & Giggles
Parker Memorial Library Children's Craft Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, D
9:30 am - Read to a Dog: Mo
Parker Memorial Library Children's Craft Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, D
11:00 am - Intermediate English Conversation Circle
Chelmsford Public Library Conference Room
1:00 pm - Zoom Book Club for Grades 3-5
Chelmsford Public Library Online - Zoom (Chelmsfordlibraryzoom)
5:15 pm
Tuesday August 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Our Missing Cat - he snuck out last night in the Sutherland Street area.
We are very worried and need him home. Please be on the lookout. (Nextdoor Centralville North)
- Molly Maid posted a job opening for Professional House Cleaner in Lowell. Apply here.
- CareOne posted a job opening for Porter in Lowell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lowell here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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