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Today is the 99th birthday of the National Park Service and is the beginning of a year-long celebration leading to the centennial celebration in 2016. As part of this anniversary observation, the National Park Service asks people to discover their parks, not only official National Parks but also urban parks,…
Read More »Yesterday morning I joined nearly 40 others at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum courtyard for a Ranger-led walk to the Pawtucket Gatehouse at the O’Donnell Bridge on School Street. Our path was along the Riverwalk and the Northern Canal Walkway. The Riverwalk portion took as behind the Tsongas Center, the…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues Actually, President Herbert Hoover was wrong about a lot. He was correct on one topic. When it came to tax policy and the business of America, Coolidge was wrong, but Hoover was right. The…
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Candidates for City Council and School Committee This past week the Election Commission finalized the list of candidates for City Council and School Committee (listed below). The city election will be held this year on Tuesday, November, 3, 2015. Each voter may vote for up to nine candidates for council…
Read More »A slow week for real estate sales in Lowell: August 17, 2015 – Monday 201 Thorndike St Unit 2-210 for $147,250. Prior sale in 2010 for $97,650 112 Upham St for $248,000. Prior sale in 1997 for $129,900 24 O’Connell St for $219,900. Prior sale in 2003 for $160,000 35…
Read More »My Tuesday blog post recounting my search for lunch in downtown Lowell was so well-received that I thought I would do it again. Well that’s not entirely true. Not everyone received it well, but no matter. Today was still sunny and warm at noon, but the air was much more…
Read More »We’re fortunate to have two interesting Lowell walks this coming weekend. On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Jim Dyment, the executive director of the Brush Art Gallery will lead our regularly scheduled Lowell Walks. The topic: Lowell Artists, Past and Present. As always, the tour will begin at 10 am at…
Read More »Jim Peters shares another of this “meanderings” columns: I have been totally driven to explain the early years of the Lowell school system, and I have not taken time to see what is on my mind. My wife, Vicki, who can do anything, is going to help out Jackie…
Read More »Thanks to the Lowell Election Commission for promptly releasing the names of candidates who qualified to appear on the ballot in this fall’s city elections. Here they are: City Council Corey Belanger David Conway Rodney Elliott Jordan Gys Martin Hogan Edward Kennedy Cheth Khim John Leahy James Leary Joseph Mendonca…
Read More »At noon today, I set off from the Superior Courthouse in search of lunch. Walking down Gorham Street with the midday heat and humidity enveloping me, the thought of a strawberry-lemonade and a BLT from Café UTEC popped into my head. I cut through the Central Plaza parking lot and…
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