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Lowell City Council Meeting: October 10, 2017

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.…

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City Council Preview: Oct 10, 2017

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…

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Lowell Week in Review: October 8, 2017

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…

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Kerouac and Cassadys at the Olympia

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…

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SJC decides Article 97 case

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…

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“Beatnik Barflies” by David Daniel

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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Lowell Week in Review: October 1, 2017

This week’s column is devoted entirely to the results of last Tuesday’s Preliminary City Council Election. Although I did check the agenda for the upcoming city council meeting. There is no truth to the rumor that, in response to the results of the preliminary election, several councilors had filed a…

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