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Lowell City Council meeting: April 14, 2015
Bowa Tucker, President of Lowell’s African American Alliance addresses the Council about the upcoming Nelson Mandela Overlook fundraiser breakfast which will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 8 am to 10 am at the Sage Bank Pavilion at the Tsongas Arena. The cost is $25 per person. Council…
Read More »“Lowell Reaction to Lincoln Assassination” by Jim Peters
On this 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Jim Peters writes about the reaction in Lowell, especially in the city’s churches: Privates Ladd and Whitney were supposed to be memorialized on April 19, 1865, but instead sixty clergymen from across the country, took part in…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: April 11, 2015
Public Safety Public safety encompasses many things, a few of which came up at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The quarterly overdose report was presented to the council by city Health Department Director Frank Singleton and Trinity Ambulance’s John Chemaly. Things don’t seem to be improving much. The council has latched…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of April 6, 2015
The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: April 6, 2015 – Monday no sales April 7, 2015 – Tuesday 1975 Middlesex St Unit 22 for $72,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $162,400 April 8, 2015 – Wednesday 674 Beacon St Unit 674 for $72,000. Prior sale…
Read More »“The Road to Appomattox” tonight at 7
Tonight at 7pm I’ll be speaking about Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox which happened 150 years ago today. The event is at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell (which is also the sponsor and host of the event) in the 2nd floor reference room, right beneath this giant painting…
Read More »Regional Transportation Plan Meeting
About 20 people attended the public meeting organized by the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments this evening at Lowell City Hall on the current Regional Transportation Plan. NMCOG is a regional transportation agency established by the state legislature. Its district includes Lowell and most of the area towns. The Regional…
Read More »Lowell City Council meeting: April 7, 2015
Response to quarterly overdose report. Frank Singleton, Health Dept Director, says the epidemic is accelerating. Many users have switched from prescription drugs to heroin because it is so cheap. Also, there is synthetic fentanyl manufactured in Mexico that is very cheap and very deadly. Athletic injuries continue to be a…
Read More »Lowell Happenings in April 1865 by Jim Peters
Jim Peters has another installment of his review of events in Lowell in April 1865. Also, remember that the Pollard Memorial Library will present a free program this coming Thursday (April 9) at 7 pm commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. The event is free, open to…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: April 5, 2015
It was a quiet week in Lowell politics. When I posted my notes on Tuesday’s City Council meeting, I mentioned that it had been the “least substantive” meeting of this council term. That’s not meant as a criticism; just an observation. This coming Tuesday’s meeting contains some interesting items. The…
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