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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…
Read More »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 The rows of lightly-padded stadium style seats have been replaced by widely-spaced, thickly padded recliners.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…
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