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Council Resumes Lowell High Debate This past Tuesday night at the Lowell City Council meeting, several new motions and a response to a previously made motion reignited the (new) Lowell High debate in the council chamber. The prior motion, by Councilor Jim Milinazzo, had asked for clarification of the various…
Read More »Last evening more than 100 people came to the Lowell Senior Center for an event sponsored by Lowell Votes, Lowell Alliance, Coalition for a Better Acre and Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association. The purpose of the meeting was to update everyone on the status of the lawsuit filed against the city…
Read More »Mayor’s business: citations for Kinetic Sculpture Race, the Mormon Church for its day of service, and the Gujarati Association of New England which organized the Indian Cultural Festival. Vote: Authorize City Manager to enter into purchase and sale agreement with S&R Construction for a parcel in the Hamilton Canal District.…
Read More »This is the 26th weekly 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 this week: October 8, 1917 – Monday – Liberty Motor Truck for…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares a detailed look at what’s on the agenda for this Tuesday’s Lowell City Council Meeting: The Lowell City Council Agenda posted on the City website is a wealth of background information and significant data on the business of our local government. Not only does it provided the…
Read More »Hamilton Canal District Update At both Tuesday’s council meeting and at Thursday’s Lowell Plan breakfast, City Manager Kevin Murphy exuded enthusiasm about recent progress in the Hamilton Canal District. This despite the news that the city received not a single response to its Request For Proposals for a Master Developer…
Read More »There’s a big event taking place tonight at 7:30 pm at the Olympia Restaurant, 453 Market Street in Lowell. It’s a 60th Anniversary Celebration of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road with featured performer Kevin Devine, with special guests Will Dailey and Neal Cassady’s daughter, Jami Cassady. The purpose of the…
Read More »Responses to Motions Hamilton Canal District RFP for a new Master Developer. No one responded to the last RFP for the Hamilton Canal District. There are some companies interested in particular parcels in the district, but no one has come forward as a Master Developer. The city will continue seeking…
Read More »The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday issued its opinion in Smith v City of Westfield (SJC-12243), a case that interpreted Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution. This case has been of interest to people in Lowell because the dispute mirrored questions raised here about the use of Cawley Stadium as…
Read More »David Daniel has a new book: Inflections & Innuendos, a collection of 100 very short stories, many set in Lowell and vicinity. Dave, the author of the Alex Rasmussen mysteries series and several other novels and books, has kindly shared one of the Inflections & Innuendos stories with us –…
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