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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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Lord Overpass The city council’s traffic subcommittee held a meeting on the Lord Overpass project Tuesday night before the regular city council meeting. There was a presentation by members of the city’s planning department and an opportunity for public input but no one from Mass Highway or the company doing…
Read More »Here are some upcoming events that might be of interest to our readers: The 2015 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival is underway and runs through Monday with a full schedule of activities. Lowell Cemetery Tours – Friday, October 16 at 1 pm & on Saturday, October 17 at 10 am, I…
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Save the date: Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 10 am for a Lord Overpass Walkabout starting from outside Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. Massachusetts Department of Transportation is in the midst of planning major renovations to the Lord Overpass in Lowell, work that is directly…
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