“We know what a strong sense of community Lowell has, and really want this event to be a celebration of the love and support Lowell has for local organizations, while sharing in some community-wide fun. By registering your home or business, participants will help to secure a donation for the Lowell Rotary Club, and they’ll be able to share the beauty of the season with their holiday lighting display. It’s our hope that the event will be something everyone in our community can enjoy!” said Emily Mackie, Communications Specialist at LL&P.

Recently, Meppelink had a creative spurt overtake him, and he sort of stumbled upon an idea. He started making recipe books and workout journals and wanted to create more interesting covers than the plain ones he saw. Although it was interesting, the books he created didn’t inspire him.

For Scott Dittenber and Fred Bivens, of West Michigan Avid TypeWriters, the death of the primary typewriter market, at the hands of the personal computer and later the smartphone, led to the birth of an exciting new hobby. Recently featured at Lowell’s Market on Main, Fallasburg Arts Festival, and Fallasburg Historical Society Village Celebration, West Michigan Avid TypeWriters is a group of six organizers, and about 50 followers, who dust off their old typewriters for members of the public to play around on.

I had been working hard the past couple of years on my stage presence and nerves so that I could give it all I had this time, and, well, I suppose it paid off," Garcia said of her past with the show.

“Sometimes being a Son is just being a good listener,” Holst said. In addition to contributing to the support of the Legion’s bar, kitchen, and general premises, the Legion and Sons raise money to support local veterans with their immediate needs, like helping someone find a place to rent after his house had burned down, sending someone on a trip to Arlington with the help of Talons Out Honor Flight, paying heat, electricity, or water bills, providing a headstone for someone who has passed, or cleaning up at the cemetery.

The Red Arrow Closet is a room supplying a wide variety of needed items to students at no-cost. They accept donations of either gift cards or money so they can buy students new clothes that are in fashion.

With Lowell having the National Headquarters of the North Country Trail ensconced on Main Street, one almost feels guilty writing about the Appalachian Trail (AT). Our focus today is not to compare and contrast these two trails, but to celebrate the fact that Loretta Visser has recently completed hiking the entire length of the AT.

The Lowell City Council assembled for a 30-minute meeting on Monday, October 2, with all council members present. Standing in for City Manager, Mike Burns, who was busy representing Lowell at the 2023 International City/County Manager Association (ICMA) annual conference in Austin, Texas, was Assistant City Manager/Department of Public Works Director, Rich LaBombard, who filled the position following the retirement of Dan Czarnecki.

The Lowell Police Department has announced that Detective Aubrey Culver graduated from Eastern Michigan University Police Staff & Command Course, a course sponsored by the West Michigan Criminal Justice Training Consortium (WMCJTC). At EMU the Police Staff & Command is taught in-house over a period of 16 weeks.