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Lowell City Council Meeting: April 21, 2015
I visited Nashville, Tennessee this week (I’ll have a post about that later today) so I had to step away from the rhythms of Lowell and its politics. Last night I did watch a replay of Tuesday night’s council meeting and have posted my notes below: Lowell City Council Meeting:…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: week of April 20, 2015
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 »Lowell Week in Review: April 19, 2015
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 »“The Case for One High School” by Jim Peters
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 »Lowell Real Estate: week of April 13, 2015
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.…
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Merrimack River and the O’Donnell Bridge
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…
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