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LOWELL The crowds arrived early, even before the Lowell Folk Festival officially opened at noon on Saturday. Neither the suffocating heat nor threat of rain kept festivalgoers away. And many of them came hungry and ready to eat.
GROTON The Sally Chapin Piano Competition was held on April 30, in the 300-seat Meadow Hall of the Groton Hill Music Center. Twenty students ages 8-17 competed.
LOWELL On Saturday, more than 500 Rotary clubs and 14,000 Rotarians across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York, plus the countries of Bermuda and Brazil, volunteered in their communities for a Rotary Day of Service.