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Lowell City Council meeting: October 18, 2016
Amy Pessia of Merrimack Valley Food Bank addresses council on “Food Day.” This Saturday, annual downtown Lowell stroll sponsored by Rep Tom Golden. Oct 25, UML will show “A Place at the Table” at 7 pm at O’Leary Library. Distributes apples to everyone to commemorate food day 2016. (Food Day…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: October 16, 2016
Lowell Walks wraps up 2016 season Yesterday’s beautiful weather drew 105 people to the final Lowell Walk of 2016. Jane Calvin of Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust led us along the Lawrence Street portion of the Concord River Greenway and then onto Centennial Island, the home of the West End…
Read More »Democracy in Massachusetts
By Mimi Parseghian Steve Koczela, who is president of the MAssINC Polling Group and a contributor to WBUR, has written a through provoking article on the state’s “weakening democratic foundation.” Mr. Koczela writes: “…when you get into the voting booth [next month], look how few of the contests on…
Read More »Tsongas Industrial History Center turns 25
The Tsongas Industrial History Center celebrated its 25th anniversary last night with a ceremony and reception at its Boott Mill home. The Center’s director, Sheila Kirschbaum, who served as master of ceremonies, opened the program by reminding us of Paul Tsongas’s determination to recognize Lowell’s place in American history. Lowell…
Read More »John F. Quealey, 1936-2016
John Quealey died last week and was buried yesterday. Many attended his wake at Fay-McCabe Funeral Home. While there, Tony Sampas captured the following images: When I became Register of Deeds, John was a custodian at the courthouse. We saw each other daily, and always spoke of Lowell, its people,…
Read More »Lowell Walks this Saturday
Concord River Greenway Walk This Saturday is the final Lowell Walk of 2016. It will be led by Jane Calvin, the Executive Director of Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, and it will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 15 2016, at the Lawrence Street gate of Lowell Cemetery. Park…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: October 11, 2016
Mayor Kennedy introduces and thanks the Michael Roundy and Bianca Morrow, the organizers of this year’s very successful Lowell Kinetic Sculpture race. City Auditor explains report on Charter School funding which was included in city council packet. (see my report on that report in Sunday’s Week in Review post). Councilor…
Read More »Gone Lowell
“Gone Lowell” will be a series of photos from Tony Sampas of things in Lowell that are no longer standing. We start with the Club De Citoyens-American, 619 Market St. Demolished in August, 2015.
Read More »Robert Reich in Lowell
On Thursday, October 6, 2016, former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich joined Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash at UMass Lowell for the inaugural Community Teamwork Inc. “Community Conversation.” I included Ash’s comments in my Week in Review post, and promised to write separately about Reich,…
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