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Long-time Lowell political observer Kendall Wallace shares his thoughts on the upcoming Democratic Primary in the 3rd Congressional District. Congressional Race Analysis By Kendall Wallace The crowded primary field for the Democratic Party nomination for congress in the Third Congressional District has some pretty talented people who would like to…
Read More »Due to my ongoing Register of Deeds re-election campaign, I have been unable to cover the weekly Lowell City Council meetings as before. However, Mimi Parseghian has stepped up and shared her notes from this Tuesday’s council meeting. Here’s what Mimi wrote: Tuesday night’s City Council meeting ended at 10:00…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews this week’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s City Council agenda continues the summer tradition; long in items and deep in content. There are also quite a few public hearings. GENERAL PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance: Amend Chapter 272 by establishing new Article X, entitled Stormwater Management. Ordinance: Amend…
Read More »Franco-American School Just a few weeks ago, several hundred people in evening wear visited the Franco-American School at 357 Pawtucket Street for the Coalition for a Better Acre’s big annual fund raiser. They got to see the building as it was. Now, the building has been transformed into a construction…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian reviews this week in Lowell politics: Lowell Round-Up: July 20, 2018 By Mimi Parseghian Wednesday night’s School Committee meeting resulted in the Lowell School Superintendent, Salah Khelfaoui, being put on administrative leave. That action was a result of three motions co-introduced by School Committee members Jackie Doherty and…
Read More »Bob Hodge is one of the greatest runners to come out of Lowell and a graduate of Lowell High (1973) and the University of Lowell (1990). He shares another story about growing up and running in Lowell. Hooky By Bob Hodge I love to play hooky, and in high school…
Read More »Lowell Walks: Downtown Architecture 120 people joined yesterday’s Lowell Walk which was on downtown architecture and was led by Steve Stowell, the administrator of the Lowell Historic Board. The tour visited Shattuck, Merrimack, Kirk, John and Palmer Streets and saw architectural styles that spanned more than a century of Lowell’s…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian reviews this week in Lowell politics: This week’s City Council meeting had a number of interesting agenda items in addition to the standard business. I did notice that the Rules Sub-Committee would be reporting on their current meeting to review the City Council meeting rules. As we recall,…
Read More »This is the 61st installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago for last week and this week: July 2, 1918 – Tuesday – Brilliant…
Read More »Midyear Real Estate Review With 2018 half over, now is an appropriate time to look at trends in local real estate. The biggest news is that it’s a good time to be a seller. The median price of Lowell deeds recorded in the first half of 2018 was up 12%…
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