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The Boston Globe yesterday carried a story about the difficulties being encountered in erecting a statue in Boston honoring Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass later escaped to freedom and became one of America’s foremost abolitionists in the years before, during, and after the Civil War. Writing on…
Read More »Here’s a press release that I received yesterday from Vesna Nuon, a candidate for Lowell City Council: PRESS RELEASE VESNA NUON FOR CITY COUNCIL September 15, 2015 (Lowell, MA) Attending a fundraiser for Lowell City Council candidate Vesna Nuon, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas complimented Nuon for his previous community service and…
Read More »From Amy Bisson . . . This is the part of Merrimack Street, referred to by some as the “Missing Tooth”. The outline of what used to be fairly glows on the wall of the adjacent building, and while the fence facing Merrimack Street does a decent job of hiding…
Read More »Another photo and comment by Amy Bisson: During the summer months I hadn’t noticed that there are bicycle racks at the High School on the Lucy Larcom Park side of the old building. Now, with school back in session and students populating the LHS campus, the racks are surprisingly well-used. All…
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Fred Faust, the President of The Edge Group, a real estate consulting firm, who was an assistant to US Senator Paul Tsongas, shares the following essay: This is the first in a series about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things. Feel free…
Read More »Jim Peters continues his series on the early system of public education in Lowell: While local newspapers carried the news of the war, the School Committee, in its efforts to allow the war to have little effect on the learning and new lessons, implemented educational changes that altered…
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Lowell Walks Thanks to Dave Ouellette for a great tour yesterday in the final Summertime Lowell Walk of 2015. He led the 105 people in attendance up Moody Street, to the Armand Mercier Center on Salem Street, to Decatur Way, and finished inside St. Jeanne Baptiste Church. Along the way,…
Read More »The following properties sold in Lowell last week: September 7, 2015 – Monday Labor Day September 8, 2015 – Tuesday 56-58 Crowley St for $275,500. Prior sale in 2000 for $120,000 68 Park Ave East for $270,000. Prior sale in 1983 26 Douglas Rd for $450,000. Prior sale in 2015…
Read More »A photo and post from Amy Bisson (received last night): There is something about this little park, off to the side of the Lowell’s Downtown bustle that reminds me of Carré St. Louis on Montréal’s Plateau. The layout of the park benches and the garden borders are similar; sadly, though,…
Read More »September 11, 2001 seems so recent to me but fourteen years is a long time. For instance, someone just four years old on that day is now a freshman in college. Through the years, we’ve written a number of blog posts about 9/11. I’ve compiled links to some of them…
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