On March 24, 2008 the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the City of Lowell, the Greater Lowell Health Alliance and more than 60 community groups and employers will kick off Ready, Set, Quit Lowell, a smoking cessation program using nicotine replacement products. The program will offer two free weeks of nicotine patches for adult smokers [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Ready, Set, Quit smoking cessation program
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Merrimack River Flooding
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In light of the floods of the past two years and the forecast of rain for this weekend I wanted to take an opportunity to post some information and reassure residents that the City is prepared to respond to any flooding that may occur. As we all know, the past two years brought spring floods [...]
“Not Your Grandma’s Senior Center”
Posted in City Services on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Where seniors learn, exercise and have fun” is the slogan for Lowell’s Senior Center. Today, the Boston Globe ran an article on the changing face of Senior Centers, which bears this slogan out. I was very pleased to see our own Senior Center featured to illustrate the direction Senior Centers are headed to meet the evolving needs of [...]
Solid Waste & Recycling Office – New Location
Posted in City Services on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Beginning Monday, March 3rd, 2008, The Solid Waste & Recycling Office is moving its operations to newly prepared space at the Health Dept. at 341 Pine Street, also known as the Brady School.
By placing the Solid Waste & Recycling Office in the same building as the Health Inspectors, litter, dumpster, illegal dumping and recycling issues [...]
