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City Manager introduces Kerran Vigroux, the city’s new Health and Human Services Director, to the city council. He also thanks Jo-Ann Keegan for filling the position during the vacancy. Public Hearings – Order of taking and acceptance of Dowling Drive and Cresta Drive (two existing streets that had not yet…
Read More »THE WAMESIT TRAIL OF TEARS: A Story of the life, trials, and FINAL exodus of our Wamesit and Pawtucket neighbors By Jay Gaffney “he buys the Indian’s moccasins and baskets, then buys his hunting grounds, and at length forgets where he is buried and plows up his bones” Henry David…
Read More »Two weeks worth of real estate sales and foreclosure notices: Week of April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016 – Monday 104 Merrill Ave for $272,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $242,500 222 Stackpole St Unit 12 for $101,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $138,000 956 Varnum Ave for $299,900. Prior…
Read More »A family trip took me to Washington, DC last Sunday so I did not post a Week in Review. Since I returned, I’ve played catch up on the news but it doesn’t seem like I missed too much locally. Still, there are a few items deserving of mention: Jeff Speck…
Read More »TOMORROW – Saturday – April 23, 2016 – 10 a.m. – SPECIAL TOUR Urban Renewal and UMass Lowell East Campus with Bob Forrant The Northern Canal Urban Renewal Project of the 1960s tore down the long-established Little Canada neighborhood and the Merrimack Mill complex to make way for new industry…
Read More »April 23, 2016 – 10 a.m. – SPECIAL TOUR Urban Renewal and UMass Lowell East Campus with Bob Forrant The Northern Canal Urban Renewal Project of the 1960s tore down the long-established Little Canada neighborhood and the Merrimack Mill complex to make way for new industry that never came. Today,…
Read More »Special joint meeting of city council and school committee begins at 6:15 pm to brief the two bodies on the status of Lowell High School project. City Manager Murphy explains that is the biggest project in the history of the city of Lowell. The city has selected its project manager…
Read More »Apartments on Wellman Street Councilors Bill Samaras and Jim Leary had similar motions on the council agenda last Tuesday (full report on Tuesday’s meeting HERE). Both wanted reports from the city manager on the benefits of residential versus commercial use at Connector Park, the location of the large parcel at…
Read More »April 4, 2016 – Monday 20 Rockdale Ave for $111,000. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 34 Newhall St Unit 101 for $91,500. Prior sale 2016 foreclosure 73-79 Varney St for $125,000. Prior sale in 2016 for $60,000 54 West St for $265,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $251,000 April 5, 2016…
Read More »There’s no such thing as bad weather; there’s only bad clothing. (Anonymous). Tomorrow night (April 7, 2016) I will lead a walking tour of a portion of the Lowell Canal system as part of Downtown Lowell First Thursdays. The tour will begin at 6 pm at Lowell National Park Visitor…
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