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Family says Lowell park construction encroached on memorial; board promises follow‑up
Summary
Jennifer Mahoney Brum told the Lowell Parks Board that pavement and benches for a new pickleball court at Father Maguire's Park sit inches from a memorial stone dedicated to her mother. Board members said staff covered the monument and will pursue a meeting with city officials to seek a resolution.
Jennifer Mahoney Brum, daughter of the late Jan Mahoney, told the Lowell City Parks Board that a new pickleball court and associated pavement have been installed so close to her mother’s memorial stone at Father Maguire’s Park that the family can no longer gather there comfortably.
"Even though the city of Lowell agreed not to touch my mom's stone," Mahoney Brum said, "I never imagined that the pavement for the new pickleball field would be built so close to her memorial." She…
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