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.