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Two weeks worth of real estate sales brings us up to date: October 5, 2015 – Monday 10 Alcott St for $345,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $295,000 33 Marshall Ave for $200,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $190,000 855 Westford St for $310,000. Inheritance 200 Market St Unit 312…
Read More »Here’s another contribution by Jim Peters on the history of public education in Lowell: In 1859, the School Committee was larger than it is today and very active. There were Committee activities, meetings, teacher hirings and firings, and many of those items that we still have the school…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. The possibility of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve seems to instill fear. It certainly has Wall Street on edge. How much impact will Fed action have on the economy? Not much…
Read More »The latest weather forecast predicts sunshine this afternoon and tomorrow morning, perfect conditions for touring historic Lowell Cemetery, especially with the leaves beginning to assume their fall colors. Today’s tour begins at 1 pm; tomorrow’s at 10 am. Both start inside the Knapp Avenue entrance (77 Knapp Ave) where there’s…
Read More »The Coalition for a Better Acre and Lowell Votes combined last night to host an innovative, energetic, and informative Lowell City Council candidate forum. Called “Candi-Dating” the event was a take-off on the concept of “speed dating” at which potential mates rotate from table-to-table for quick talks intended to spark…
Read More »Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate consulting firm, previously was an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. He shares the following essay: This is another entry in a series about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things. Feel…
Read More »A very fast council meeting tonight. Hamilton Canal/Bus Parking There’s an unused parcel of land controlled by the LRTA that’s adjacent to YMCA drive. The LRTA will cede its rights in the parcel (which is owned by the MBTA) to the city to be used for the parking of tour…
Read More »I’ve always wondered about the wooden walkways and bridges between sections of mill buildings. Were they intentionally built on the slant to accommodate rolling materials from place to place? Or is the casual look a result of trying to connect two buildings that weren’t necessarily built to be connected? With…
Read More »Here is another blog post from Jim Peters about the history of the Lowell Public Schools: In 1826, the town of Lowell was formed. It did not have many amenities, it was purposefully for the creation of cotton weaving and machine manufacturing. There was, Kirk Boott said, no reason…
Read More »I missed a couple of weeks of real estate sales. Here are the first two that I missed. I’ll catch up next weekend: September 21, 2015 – Monday 57 Ecklund Dr for $245,900. New Construction 446 Westford St Unit 3 for $167,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $198,000 11…
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