Perkins Place If you wanted to create a training film on how to best advocate your case before the city council, the remarks by residents of Perkins Place at last Tuesday’s council meeting would be a good starting point. Councilor Dan Rourke perhaps best illustrated how the residents’ oratory had…
Marie Sweeney attended the Lowell Cemetery Art Show today and composed the following post: On this gorgeous day what better place to be but in a garden! This morning I attended an Art Show arrayed below the spectacular canopy of a thick-trunked, leafy-branched, golden brown European Beech tree in the…
I recently came across this 1969 press release about the Smith Baker Center: Dedication of Acre community center planned for Sunday The Smith Baker Community Center of the Acre Model Neighborhood Organization (AMNO) will be dedicated Sunday, December 14, 1969 at 5 p.m. in the former First Congregational Church, located…
You have two walking tours to choose from this Saturday: At 10 am from the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, Craig Thomas of the Lowell Department of Planning and Development, will lead a walking tour of the Hamilton Canal District. At 1 pm, I will lead a…
TIF for Kronos. Expected to relocate to Cross Point with 1300 employees by next summer. TIF requires an additional 400 employees over next five years. Kronos coming here is evidence that we are an innovation hub. Representatives of Kronos appear before council to give overview of Kronos. Kronos has been…
Does Lowell really want to be a college town? Some history: Back in 1986, Emerson College, a school with an international reputation for excellence in communications and the arts, decided to move from its long-time Back Bay home in Boston to the banks of the Merrimack River in Lawrence. The…
Thanks to Fred Faust who organized and led the inaugural Lowell Walks of 2016, “Preservation Success Stories.” Kindly lending their assistance to Fred were two key players in the early days of Lowell National Historical Park, Sarah Peskin and Nancy Woods. Thanks also to Winn Development and Larry Curtis who…
The Lowell Historic Board has installed green signs, 9 inches square, on the sides of several buildings in downtown Lowell. Each sign explains the historic significance of the building. Nine signs have been erected thus far. Up to 75 of them are planned by the end of the year. Recently…
Lowell Walks begins this Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10 am at Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street with “Preservation Success Stories” led by Fred Faust. The walk is free, requires no advance registration, and lasts about 90 minutes. Fred has written a description of what he…
Shootout for Soldiers uses lacrosse to connect local veterans with their community and to support their healthy and successful transition into civilian life. This year’s Shootout for Soldiers Boston will take place this coming weekend, Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, at UMass Lowell’s Cushing Field. The event will…