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Riverwalk

Festival

Pictures

pages 8 & 9

Water,

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By Cliff Yankovich

contributing writer

It is safe to assume

that everyone reading

this will agree that the

streets in Lowell, and

most other communities

in Michigan, are a mess.

Our recent unscientific,

purely speculative, hunch-

based opinion would award

Washington street as the

most pot-holed stretch of

pavement in the City. (My

bet is that some other ones

might be coming to your

mind.) For the sake of

this article, how about we

pretend that Washington

is the worst. Then why the

heck is Monroe getting

a total make-over before

Washington?

Here are some other

questions we can examine

today: Why is Lowell

borrowing millions of

dollars to fix our roads?

Does the USDA fund road

repairs? What happened

to all the money from

marijuana sales in Lowell?

What is the difference

The Streets of Lowell – USDA loans,

revenue sharing, and marijuana taxes

Roads,

continued page 2 Big equipment for a big project.

1992 water agreement to

blame for sprinkler restrictions

The Exclusive Service Area for Lowell Charter

Township residents serviced by the city’s water

utility is defined by the red section of the map.

By Justin Tiemeyer

contributing writer

To the chagrin of many

in Lowell, June 5 marked

the beginning of the City

of Lowell and Lowell

Charter Township’s second

odd-even outdoor water

restriction for municipal

customers. Though it is a

recent sore spot for citizens,

the issue at stake and its

possible solutions have been

on the minds of the city

council and township board

for months. Though talk of

a shared water authority and

expansion of the water plant

are ongoing, the specifics

of the current restrictions

trace their roots back to the

“Water Supply Agreement

Between the City of

Lowell and Lowell Charter

Township” that went into

effect over 30 years ago on

By Emma Palova

contributing writer

Can they rekindle

the spark that made them

America’s Sexiest Couple?

It’s a love affair that never

ended, or has it?

The play by Emmy

award-winning writer,

director, and producer,

Ken Levine, will make

your summer even hotter.

Two actors, Susan White

and Craig McAllister, who

were “America’s Sexiest

Couple” on a popular

1990s sitcom Residents

reunite for the first time in

25 years. Craig, the male

part is full of himself.

They face a lifetime

of unresolved issues,

longings, resentments,

and regrets as the network

wants to reboot the show.

Can they rekindle the spark

that made them America’s

America’s Sexiest

Couple heats up the

summer at LowellArts

Play,

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Sexiest Couple, or was

it all just an act? And

then there is the bellboy

with his intermittent

interruptions of the show

with news from the

hotel’s front desk.

In a career that

spanned over 30 years,

TV comedy legend,

Levine, has worked on

popular shows such as

MASH, Cheers, Frasier,

The Simpsons, Everybody

Loves Raymond, and

more.

The play, directed

by Richard Mulligan and

stage managed by Lilleigh

Christopher, stars Vicki

Kavanaugh as Susan

White, Dave Benson as

Craig McAllister, and

Fat Guy's

Burgers