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Amy Bisson watched all 25 minutes of last night’s Lowell School Committee meeting, the first of the new session, and shared her notes from the meeting and her excellent analysis of the issues discussed on her website. Please check it out.
Read More »Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the benefits of having two high schools in Lowell: I was emailing my friend Cliff Krieger who commented that he was one of the minority who wanted two high schools. I thought about it, and was spurred on by a passing remark from a…
Read More »Vincent Valentine, founder of The Telephone Museum, shares another story about the early days of the telephone in Lowell: Charles Glidden and his brother Clark were struck with amazement at how adolescent boys can wreak havoc simply for the sake of wreaking havoc, no matter what the strict rules were…
Read More »(Ed Kennedy’s first meeting as mayor; Jim Leary’s first as a city councilor). Joint motion by Mayor Kennedy and Councilor Elliott to support resolution on bill pending in state legislature on natural gas leaks. Registered to speak is State Senator Jamie Eldridge who thanks the council for allowing him to…
Read More »Winter is Here Last week’s snow and today’s cold are a reminder that 60 degrees and sunshine are not the norm for winter in New England. The freezing rain on top of a couple of inches of snow created a real clean-up mess. I’ve never minded the cold although as…
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Rather than a week in review, today we have a year in review. Here are some of the memorable events from 2015. Snow – The record amount of snow that fell in January and February was the biggest story of the year. For the winter of 2014-15, Lowell received 111…
Read More »I saw the new Star Wars movie yesterday at the Lowell Cinema. The Force Awakens is a very good movie, well worth seeing. This is the seventh movie in the Star Wars series although you don’t need to know that to enjoy this film. If you are old enough to…
Read More »The following Lowell properties were sold last week: December 28, 2015 – Monday 138 West Forest St for $310,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $180,000 64 Jewett St for $90,000. Prior sale in 1980 21 Blossom St for $202,500. Prior sale in 1976 309 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 4 for $105,000.…
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney released the following statement today regarding the January 4, 2016 event for Donald Trump at the University’s Tsongas Center. The Tsongas Center’s professional management company has rented the facility to the Donald Trump campaign for an event on Monday, Jan. 4. The university is not…
Read More »The following essay is from Jim Peters: It is Christmas evening, which I guess can be confused with Christmas Eve(ning) but that is a stretch. I got everything I wanted, since I had no list of things that I desired. My family was with me, my mother was up from…
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