The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: February 29, 2016 – Monday 82 Eleventh St Unit 82 for $195,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $106,600 107-109 Seventh Ave for $253,620. Prior sale in 2015 for $249,500 71 Clare St for $110,250. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 52…
Please stop by Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street today between noon and 5 pm. The theme this month is PAPER and I’ll be there all day with a table for my two Lowell books and plenty of info about Lowell Walks. Paul Marion will be right beside me with…
Last night several hundred people gathered at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center to honor co-blogger Paul Marion on his retirement from UMass Lowell. After a short speaking program that featured remarks from UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, Vice Chancellor of University Relations Patti McCafferty, and me – plus…
The following is by Vincent Valentine, the founder of The Telephone Museum: If there were a map showing naturally occurring synergies of proximity, Lowell would be a major nexus point for telephony. While Lowell native Charles Glidden is known as an American telephone pioneer and Moses Greely Parker is credited…
Report on relocation of Dog Park referred to Parks Subcommittee Petition for an easement on Fairview St. [This has been before the council several times before with the council voting against it last year]. The homeowner/petitioner explains that his lot fronts Mansur Street on one side (where it has access)…
The Pollard Memorial Library has organized a Local Author Round Up at this year’s Pulp & Press, this Saturday, March 5, from noon to 5 p.m., at Mill No. 5. Local publishers and authors (including me and co-blogger, Paul Marion) will be selling books throughout the event, plus there will…
Super Tuesday The Presidential Primary election is this coming Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and public schools in Lowell will all be closed for the day (which, since so many schools are polling places, is for student-safety rather than for…
Real estate sales in Lowell for the past week: February 22, 2016 – Monday 67 19th St for $265,000. Prior sale in 1969 February 23, 2016 – Tuesday 77-79 Livingston Ave for $470,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $385,000 52 Lawrence Dr Unit M507 for $225,000. Prior sale in 2008…
Public hearing on rezoning along Pawtucket Blvd for benefit of Hamil Automotive, a longtime, family-owned business, presented on behalf of the business by Atty George Eliades. Sounds like a preliminary proposal was rejected by the planning board. Proponent wants to make its case to city’s DPD and to the city…