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April 20, 2015 – Monday Patriots Day – no recordings April 21, 2015 – Tuesday 157 Smith St unit $230,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $185,000 49 Cambridge St Unit 6 for $70,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $65,000 49-51 Cambridge St Unit 5 for $85,000. Prior sale 2011 foreclosure…
Read More »Lord Overpass Discussion It was a quiet city council meeting this week. During the “motion response” phase, Councilor Belanger pressed the administration for details on (1) the public input process for the redesign of the Lord Overpass; and (2) just what will be done to make that area more walkable. …
Read More »Regular contributor Jim Peters, a graduate of Lowell High, a former teacher at Lowell High, and the son of a former Lowell Superintendent of Schools, shares his thoughts on the need for one high school in light of the possibility that the state school building assistance program might ultimately recommend…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell this week: April 13, 2015 – Monday no sales April 14, 2015 – Tuesday 127 D St for $197,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $226,400 35-37 Hollis St for $295,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $350,000 110 Cashin St for $310,000.…
Read More »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 »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…
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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 »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…
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