Menu
Author Archive
Lowell City Council Meeting: May 9, 2017
(Mayor Kennedy and Councilor Leahy are absent tonight). 2018 Capital Plan presentation by City Manager Murphy. Based priorities on motions that were filed by councilors during the past year. Total is $15mil including $3.2mil for lighting which includes replacing thousands of lights with LED bulbs. This should yield a 65…
Read More »Lowell in World War One: May 7 – May 12, 1917
This is the sixth 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: May 7, 1917 – Monday – Victories for French and British.…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: May 7, 2017
Jim Milinazzo opts out The announcement by Jim Milinazzo that he would not seek reelection to the Lowell City Council brings local politics to the forefront this week. With all eight of his council colleagues apparently running again, having a “vacancy” in the incumbent lineup changes the dynamics of the…
Read More »Caesar in Jack’s Corner
Lowell Walk this Saturday
This week’s Lowell Walk will begin at 10 am on Saturday (May 6) at Lowell National Park Visitor Center. The topic is Lowell Labor History and the walk will be led by UMass Lowell History Professor Bob Forrant, and by history graduate student Rachel Arnason. The walk will visit the…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: May 2, 2017
Resolution to support Southern Cameroon Community in New England in its desire to restore its national sovereignty through a democratically organized referendum. Fru Nkimbeng speaks in support of the resolution. Reminds councilors that Lowell has established a sister city in Cameroon, and has in the past greeted the country’s king…
Read More »Greater Lowell Real Estate Review
It looks like the real estate market continues to flatten out. There is still a shortage of houses for sale, so if you’re selling you will probably be successful and get a good price, but overall the market has slowed, especially for mortgage refinancings. As the following monthly numbers show,…
Read More »Lowell in World War One: Apr 30 – May 5, 1917
This is the fifth 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: April 30, 1917 – Monday – American steamer sunk by sub.…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: April 30, 2017
Parking in Lowell My Week in Review post last Sunday took up the issue of parking. It received some thoughtful comments. One disputed my assertion that from a traffic and parking perspective, Lowell was too big to operate like a small town and too small to operate like a big…
Read More »