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Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on the past week in Lowell: During this week’s City Council marathon meeting Public Hearing section, the issue of the replacement of a National Grid-owned gas line in the neighborhood was revisited. As we recall, about a month ago a Sub-Committee meeting was quickly adjourned…
Read More »This is the 60th 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 the past week: June 24, 1918 – Monday – Great Victory: Offensive…
Read More »This Saturday’s Lowell Walk is “Infamous Crimes in Lowell” led by Kerry Regan Jenness and Wayne Jenness. The walk begins on Saturday, June 30 at 10 am at Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street. This 90 minute walk will cover crimes reaching back to the 1860s that include…
Read More »Here is today’s installment of Lowell Places, a series of recurring blog posts about buildings, bridges, parks and other places in the city of Lowell. Today, the Lowell District Court at 41 Hurd Street. On March 27, 1837, Lowell Mayor Elisha Bartlett executed a deed conveying the second floor courtroom…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews this week’s Lowell City Council meeting: If Lowell City Council agendas were books, this week’s agenda would be a trilogy. Meetings every other week and the end of the fiscal year financial housekeeping are the reason. GENERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS Extend Existing Institutional (INST) Zoning District to include…
Read More »Richard Howe Lawn Signs Will you help my reelection campaign by placing a Richard P. Howe Jr. for Register of Deeds sign in your yard? If you live in one of the following towns and can help with a sign location, please call or text me at (978) 387-8302 or…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on the past week in Lowell: It was a slow political week in Lowell but not in our country. It has become difficult to have a civil discussion on immigration. We live in the age where so many believe that they are entitled to their…
Read More »This is the 59th 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 the past week: June 17, 1918 – Monday – Austrians hurled back.…
Read More »“Lowell Places” is a new category of blog posts that will appear from time-to-time to tell the story of buildings, parks, bridges and other structures of historical interest in Lowell, Massachusetts. Incorporated as a town in 1826 and a city in 1836, the rapid growth of Lowell brought an increase…
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