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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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Moment of silence for M. Brendan Fleming, former mayor and city councilor, who passed away this week. Vote to authorize City Manager to enter into a Master Development Agreement with WinnDevelopment Co LP of Boston for the Hamilton Canal District. City Manager Murphy explains that a critical element of the…
Read More »On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 10 am, the city of Lowell will dedicate the intersection of Jackson and Canal Streets to David H. McNerney, a Lowell native who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam. David H. McNerney was born in Lowell on June 2, 1931 and…
Read More »It being Memorial Day weekend, instead of writing about Lowell politics this morning, I’d like to share the stories of some Lowell residents who gave their lives while in the service of their country. Donald Arcand – Vietnam War Born in 1946, Donald L. Arcand grew up on Ford Street…
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