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New councilors in Lynn, Lowell a milestone for Cambodian community

By John Laidler

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 05, 2012

When Hong L. Net and Vesna Nuon took their oaths as local city councilors this week, it marked the official start of their tenures as municipal officials but also a milestone moment for the region’s Cambodian-American community. Net, who won a Lynn council seat last November, and Nuon, who earned a seat on the Lowell city council, are apparently the second and third Cambodian-Americans in the country to be elected to city councils.

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