A Long Time Coming: Tom Lopes Park Organizers Receive $30K Grant
Representatives of the Tom Lopes Park and Community Sculpture Project received a $30,000 award from the Department of Conservation and Recreation on Friday.
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Lopes Park Dedicated
The late Tom Lopes of New Bedford was remembered this weekend with the dedication of a small park at One Washington Square, and the unveiling of a sculture showing Lopes walking in the community and greeting others.
Lopes was the first Cape Verdean-American to serve in the Mass House...
United Way To Host Tom Lopes Documentary Screenings
Tom Lopes, who was the first Cape Verdean to be elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, will have a documentary produced about his life to honor his legacy.
Tom Lopes Park
The City has officially begun construction on the Tom Lopes Park in the heart of New Bedford.
The park will be located at One Washington Square, sandwiched between County and South Sixth Streets, and is being dedicated to the late Tom Lopes, the first Cape Verdean American elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives...