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Some items left over from last week . . . Lowell Cinema viewing experience At least some of the theaters at the Lowell Cinema (near Industrial Ave and Cross Point) have been reconfigured. The rows of lightly-padded stadium style seats have been replaced by widely-spaced, thickly padded recliners. Because there…
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Lowell as a Regional Christmas Attraction Kevin Harkins did an outstanding job capturing the allure of the mammoth Christmas tree smokestack at the Wannalancit Mills on his Harkins Photo Blog. John Power, a principal of Farley White Interests, the outfit that owns the Wannalancit Mills, had hoped to persuade others…
Read More »As a graduate of St. Margaret’s School (class of 1972), I took particular interest in the news of the merger of St. Margaret’s and Lowell Catholic High School to form a pre-K through grade 12 school beginning next fall. Here is the press release that delivered that announcement: Lowell Catholic…
Read More »By Jim Peters The title is taken from Paul Tsongas’ campaign booklet, “A Call to Economic Arms,” which was written in 1991 for the 1992 election for the Presidency of the United States. In the book, Paul did something that no one has done as well since, he wrote out…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell this week: December 21, 2015 – Monday 35 Riverwalk Way Unit 310 for $180,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $248,000 208 High St Unit 1 for $77,500. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 263-265 Wilder St for $265,000. Prior sale in 2007 for…
Read More »Each week on Sunday morning I post a “week in review” article. Sometimes there are some items that don’t fit, either for space or thematic reasons. This article, called “leftovers,” is a random collection of observations from the weekend and the prior week. MBTA Commuter Rail Friday morning I had…
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Will Tour Bus Parking Plan get bogged down? Back on December 9, 2015, representatives from the city’s Planning and Development Department appeared before the Conservation Commission on the proposed National Park tour bus parking area on LRTA property on YMCA Drive for a “determination of applicability” under the state’s Wetlands…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: December 14, 2015 – Monday 147 Bunker Hill AVe for $237,000. Prior sale in 1957 39 Plummer Ave for $265,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $315,000 December 15, 2015 – Tuesday 140 Bowers St Unit 9 for $159,900. Prior…
Read More »Jim Peters continues his series of posts on the history of education in Lowell: I have often written that little changes in the targets of proficiency and curricular adaptation. The courses taught in the 1860’s, if you have been reading my blog, were virtually the same as those offered today. …
Read More »Thanks to Vincent Valentine, founder of The Telephone Museum, for the following blog post: Recently, we set the wayback machine to April 19TH, 1878 and went to Lowell, MA. We found Charles Jasper Glidden and his brother J. Clark Glidden on a roof top with what seemed to be hundreds…
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