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With the resignation of Kevin Broderick and the ascension of John Leahy as his replacement, I started thinking of other instances when sitting councilors left before the end of a two-year term. Both my memory and my records on the Elections section of this site are a bit sketchy, so…
Read More »Rob Mills (@Robert_Mills) tweeted this earlier this evening: City Councilor Kevin Broderick just confirmed to me that he plans to resign tomorrow night to spend more time with his wife and five kids That’s certainly big news in Lowell politics. Normally the tenth place finisher in the last council election…
Read More »A major event in a proposed 11 house subdivision by David Daley at the end of Westview Road will occur this coming Tuesday when Mr. Daley presents his petition to have the zoning of the land changed from its current Industrial to Residential. Here’s how it’s listed on the Council…
Read More »Former Lawrence Mayor – albeit briefly – now incumbent State Representative Marcos Devers is being challanged in his reelection bid on two fronts. Jose L. Santiago both a former state representative and former but fired Methuen police sergeant, has taken out papers to run as an unenrolled candidate. Santiago held the 16th Essex…
Read More »Congratulations to Greg Page on his selection as the new Secretary to Lowell Mayor Patrick Murphy. I first met Greg back when he was a Navy Intelligence Lieutenant stationed at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut after serving a tour with Special Operations troops in Iraq. Of all the places…
Read More »I am a little embarrassed to admit this, especially knowing my friend and co-author Paul Marion will probably read this, but I only recent read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. For years the concept of the book did not interested me. Maybe it was growing up in the late fifties…
Read More »The show Bizarre Foods airs on the Travel Channel on Monday nights at 9:00PM. The show follows “culinary explorer, Andrew Zimmern” as he samples unique food throughout the country…or as the shows website states “Bizarre Foods America celebrates the out-of-the-ordinary cuisine and characters that are found all across the United…
Read More »Comcast, the sole cable TV provider in Lowell, recently announced that it would move the city’s government access programming from channel 10 to channel 99 and replace it on channel 10 with the NBC Shopping Network. The Board of Directors of Lowell Telecommunications Corporation, the city’s public access, education, and…
Read More »Thursday afternoon at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) executive board – I’m a member of the LTC board of directors – I learned that Comcast had unilaterally decreed that on March 20, 2012, it would move the content of Lowell Cable channel 10, our government…
Read More »An overflow crowd of downtown residents, bar owners, community leaders and ordinary citizens descended on Lowell City Hall this evening for the special city council meeting on the alcohol-related problems plaguing downtown Lowell. The meeting opened with a presentation and recommendation from Police Superintendent Ken Lavallee. Next came a long…
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