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		<title>Last Call for Leaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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This is the last week for yard waste collection.  The last pick up will coincide with the regular neighborhood collection day for trash.  Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, last pick-up for Friday collection is on Saturday the 28th.
The Solid Waste &#38; Recycling office reports that this has been an extraordinary year for leaves.  The record breaking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=2132&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last evening at the LTC Annual Meeting and Award Night, the Municipal Programming award went to the Lowell Health Department with recognition to Christine Connolly, RN, BSN, Public Health Nurse Manager and Maria Rugerrio, Public Health Educator for their work to provide up-to-date health information to the citizens of Lowell through the local cable network, particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=2122&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report From City of Lowell &#8220;Flu Summit&#8221; Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Lowell finds itself on the forefront of the H1N1 scene both by chance and intent.  By chance last spring, as the first community in Massachusetts where confirmed cases of H1N1 were documented and by intent, as a community committed to addressing H1N1 proactively by working  collaboratively across the community with health providers, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=2113&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hamilton Canal District Breaks Ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221;Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men&#8217;s blood and probably will not be realized.  Make big plans; aim high in hope and work&#8221;
- Daniel Hudson Burnham, Urban Planner, 1921
Balloon bouquets lining the roadway to the big tent in the empty gravel lot suggested a party.  A celebratory mood buzzed in the growing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1951&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gorky and the Creative Economy</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/gorky-and-the-creative-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Whistler House of Art was recently presented with a unique opportunity to house a rarely seen collection of works by the Armenian artist Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), known to be the Father of American Abstract Expressionism.  The collection represents many of his earlier works and outlines his progression as an artist, showing influences of Paul [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1900&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I 495 &#8211; Bridge Bundle Update</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/i-495-bridge-bundle-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mass Department of Transporation (MassDOT):
Temporary traffic lane shifts and closure of the northbound exit ramp at the Woburn Street interchange in Lowell begin Saturday, November 7, 2009 as part of the I-495 Lowell Bridge Bundle project.  The changes should be fully implemented by Monday, November 9 assuming favorable weather conditions and will remain in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1902&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Clean Catch Basin is a Happy Catch Basin</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/a-clean-catch-basin-is-a-happy-catch-basin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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Before


The Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility and the Department of Public Works requests that resident and business owners take a few minutes to clean any catch basins in front of or near their property that have leaves, pine needles or any other debris that may have accumulated. This will help to alleviate any future drainage problems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1861&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Our Community&#8217;s Clear and Present Danger:  The Lethal Consequences of Prescription Drug Abuse&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/our-communitys-clear-and-present-danger-the-lethal-consequences-of-prescription-drug-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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Did you know?

Prescription painkillers are now the leading cause of drug overdoses.
Prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal overdoses each year
The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers more than tripled from 1999 to 2006
Prescription drug abuse is viewed as the biggest and fastest growing part of America&#8217;s drug problem
Prescription painkillers have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1835&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I-495 Lowell Bridge Bundle Update &#8211; Speed Reduction</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/i-495-lowell-bridge-bundle-update-speed-reduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MassHighway:
Beginning on Thursday, October 22, 2009 a temporary reduction in the posted speed limits in the area of the work zone of the I-495 Lowell Bridge Bundle project will be implemented.  This temporary reduction will lower the legal speed limit on I-495 between the Lowell Connector (Exit 35C) and Route 38 (Exit 38) from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1830&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Made in Lowell &#8211; Celebrating the Creative Economy &#8211; Friday, Oct. 16, 2009</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/made-in-lowell-celebrating-the-creative-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City of Lowell Admin</dc:creator>
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Lowell was born of the industrial revolution and these roots continue to run deep.  &#8220;Made in Lowell&#8221; features businesses that are a vital part of the local economy, provide meaningful and well-paying jobs and produce good that are recognized world-wide.
On Friday, October 16, 2009 the City of Lowell will hold its second annual &#8220;Made in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lowellma.wordpress.com&blog=2302711&post=1760&subd=lowellma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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