Lowell PupFest Brings Hundreds to Downtown Lot
Project Merrimack hosted the second annual free festival with local businesses, animal organizations, and a dog costume contest.
Lowell Other News
Other news in Lowell runs on community events, seasonal programming and one-off local happenings, and coverage here follows all of it. Reporting takes in new entertainment venues, cultural gatherings and niche events that find a wider audience.
Civic
Lowell Honors Fallen Soldier John F. Landry Jr.
A plaque now bears the name of Pfc. John F. Landry Jr., killed in Baghdad in 2007 at age 20.
Cultural
Artist Installs Environmental Display in Lowell
The art exhibit in Lowell uses Halloween imagery to explore themes of ecological loss and renewal.
Food and Drink
Live Poll
Do you believe local community festivals are an effective way to fund public park maintenance?
Lowell Celebrated 50th Annual Octoberfest
The milestone festival on Buell Island brought together vendors and volunteers for a weekend of community support.
Regular subjects here include seasonal attractions, community festivals, new venues opening their doors, and gatherings that draw unusually large crowds. Coverage reaches across the city and into the communities around it wherever an event crosses the line. Seasonal calendars shape much of what gets reported, so the same kinds of events return at predictable points in the year. Events that begin as local curiosities sometimes grow into regular fixtures, and that shift is often the most useful thing to track.