Notes
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Incumbents Tarsy Poulios,
Laurie Machado & Micheal Geary did not seek re-election.
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The election matched
pro-arena incumbents versus anti-arena challengers, three of whom (Lemoine,
Crane & Elliott) finished in the top nine in the primary but
failed to win election.
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Bud Caulfield was
elected mayor on the first ballot with votes from Richard Howe, Rita
Mercier, Grady Mulligan, Larry Martin and himself. Councilor
Steve Gendron had four votes.
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Richard Johnson resigned
as city manager and on August 24, 1995, the
council elected Brian Martin as city manager on the first ballot on a
9-0 vote.
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Newcomers Bill Taupier
and Bob Hoey joined incumbents Tim Golden, George Kouloheras, Kathryn
Stoklosa and Regina Faticanti on the school committee.
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School committee
incumbents Michael Gallagher and James Kennedy did not seek
re-election.
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Unsuccessful school
committee challengers included George O'Hare, Mike Hayden and Joe
Mendonca.
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On June 5, 1995, the
American Hockey League awarded Lowell a new franchise that was to
become the Lowell Lock Monsters.
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On June 24, 1996, the
newly created Lowell Spinners played their first-ever game at Alumni
Field.
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