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Congratulations to everyone at Do-It-Yourself Lowell for the excellent downtown Lowell history trail they launched this weekend. The group’s website says this about the trail: IDEA: A short trail, marked with temporary paint, signs, or another design method that reaches from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum to the NPS Visitor…
Read More »This is the first of a series of columns by John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election: Quiz question: What percentage of Americans pay taxes? Remember presidential candidate Mitt Romney writing off the “Forty-seven percent of Americans [who]…
Read More »Upcoming Council Meeting The Finance Subcommittee will meet Tuesday night at 530pm to discuss the April year-to-date report on the FY16 city budget and also to discuss proposed FY17 sewer rates, which will include an increase that will be used to pay back money borrowed from the federal government for…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: May 9, 2016 – Monday 82 Farragut St for $190,000. Prior sale in 1973 May 10, 2016 – Tuesday 261 Dutton St Unit 6 for $224,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $144,200 1020 Varnum Ave for $263,000. Prior sale…
Read More »Last Saturday I attended a program sponsored by the Lawrence History Center called “Reclaiming Urban Renewal: Community Efforts and Impacts in Lawrence, Massachusetts and other Industrial Cities.” At the event, I attended a fascinating breakout session on Urban Renewal in Lowell that featured Peter Aucella, Fred Faust, and Chuck Parrott…
Read More »Capital Plan – City Manager Murphy says the final Capital Plan will be presented to the council along with the budget, but here are some of the highlights; $11.1mil in FY17 will be spent on Capital Plan which will leverage state and federal funds so city contribution will only be…
Read More »Thanks to Tony Sampas for these photos and the accompanying text . . . On Saturday May 7, 2016, under the leadership of Mehmed Ali PhD four scholars represented UMass Lowell at: “Reclaiming Urban Renewal: Community Efforts and Impacts in Lawrence, Massachusetts and Other Industrial Cities.” The group’s session was…
Read More »The following sales of real estate took place in Lowell last week: May 2, 2016 – Monday 366 Butman Rd for $224,037. Prior sale in 1997 for $129,000 301 Mammoth Rd Unit 4 for $154,900. Prior sale in 2003 for $149,900 27 Burns St for $195,000. Prior sale in 2006…
Read More »Urban Renewal Symposium Yesterday the Lawrence History Center presented a symposium on Urban Renewal at the Everett Mill in Lawrence. The program title was “Reclaiming Urban Renewal: Community Efforts and Impacts in Lawrence, Massachusetts and other Industrial Cities.” UMass Lowell history professor Bob Forrant, who is on the board of…
Read More »For Lowell residents, the city has long been defined by its neighborhoods. Where did you grow up? Where do you live? Those are questions answered not with street names, but with neighborhood names. But the names of the city’s respective neighborhoods, the location of their boundaries, and even how many…
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