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🌱 How you can honor a loved one at Lowell’s Garden of Peace

And check out Fall Book Sale on the Lowell Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How you can honor a loved one at Lowell's Garden of Peace
  • What changes with Lowell's new interim fire chief in charge?
  • How a $2.5M gift will reshape UMass Lowell hockey

Also on today's calendar: Fall Book Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 56.
  • Thursday: Very warm with some sun, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. "We Remember Them" (insidelowell.com) — Families in Lowell now have a dedicated place to remember loved ones lost to violence at the new Greater Lowell Garden of Peace atop Fort Hill Park. Unveiled on the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims, the garden features a central stone monument and will soon be surrounded by personalized bricks, with residents invited to dedicate bricks or join the project's community group.
   

2. Keene Named Lowell's Interim Fire Chief (insidelowell.com) — Lowell's Fire Department is under new interim leadership, with City Manager Tom Golden appointing longtime firefighter David Keene as interim chief following Phil Charron's retirement. Keene, a three-decade LFD veteran, says his priority is maintaining and advancing the level of fire and emergency services residents expect while the city launches its search for a permanent chief in October.
   

3. Gift establishes endowed John F. Kennedy head hockey coach position at UML (lowellsun.com) — UMass Lowell hockey just received a major boost, with alumnus John F. Kennedy committing $2.5 million to permanently endow the River Hawks' head coach position. The gift, paired with a matching one to UMass Amherst, secures long-term resources for the Tsongas Center program and continues Kennedy's long record of investing in the Lowell campus and its student-athletes.
   

4. Lowell man indicted in Boston crash that killed unborn baby (lowellsun.com) — A 23-year-old Lowell man has been indicted on manslaughter and related charges after an August crash in Boston that seriously injured a pregnant driver and led to the death of her 26-week fetus. Prosecutors say he fled an earlier collision, then crossed a median at more than 100 mph before a head-on crash; he's being held on $50,000 bail pending a November court date.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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