Community

The Women Working Wonders Fund has announced the recipients of $43,710 in grants. These grants will support local nonprofit programs that empower women and girls to effect positive change in the community.

This week on The 495, we’re joined by Ryan Turner. He’s the new music director of the Newburyport Choral Society, one of the oldest choral groups in the nation. Music fans won’t want to miss this one!

Sal’s Pizza is launching Sal’s Mobile in the city of Lowell, which offers delivery and pick-up of artisan pizzas crafted in cutting-edge mobile kitchens.

For 100 years, the North Andover Garden Club has focused on its mission of encouraging interest and active participation in civic beautification, horticulture, flower arranging and conservation.

For those about to boycott me, offended by alternative perspectives, let me be clear on mine. George Floyd was killed by a man, first. An abusive, reckless man.

The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced that the Lowell Association for the Blind has received this year’s grant from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation’s Center for Business Philanthropy.

UMass Lowell’s program for first-generation college students is among the country’s best, according to a national organization dedicated to these learners.

This week on The 495, Bread and Roses Executive Director Susan Sirois joins us to discuss how this Lawrence-based organization is responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

UMass Lowell professor explores the challenges faced by working moms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I’m still disappointed about the things the pandemic has taken from my family and the world, and probably always will be, but the crisis also brought unexpected gifts. Learning to recognize them is a gift in itself.   

This week on The 495, we talk with philosopher John Kaag. He’s written about finding rare books in the Merrimack Valley, hiking with Nietzsche, and how William James can save your life.

The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced a new round of grant funding totaling more than $436,000 to 27 area nonprofit organizations to provide COVID-19 assistance.