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June 15, 2015 – Monday 23-33 Middle St Unit 21 for $184,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $239,900 559 Fletcher St for $395,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $290,000 373 Aiken Ave Unit 7 for $95,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $145,000 80 Rogers St Unit 105 for $219,900. New…
Read More »Tomorrow – Saturday, June 20, 2015 – is the Inside Lowell High School guided tour, part of the Lowell Walks summertime series. Meet at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street at 10 am to meet our tour guide, Lowell High Headmaster Brian Martin. The tour is free…
Read More »Nancy Pitkin sent the following about an upcoming selection of the Pollard Memorial Library’s nonfiction book group: Father John’s Medicine is engraved in the lintel of one of the many renovated historic buildings in Lowell on Market Street and is now apartments. I’d always assumed that the name for Fr.…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: Some public policies seem to contradict what would serve the public good. This column explains why that can happen. It has nothing to do with political parties. It is not…
Read More »Today is the 240th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The battle is noteworthy because it was the first major engagement between the colonial militia and the British troops. Eight weeks earlier, an intense fight had occurred at Lexington, Concord and on the route back to Boston, but while…
Read More »Jim Peters shares another story about Lowell during the Civil War: In the midst of the fighting in 1862, the Lowell School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools decided that they had to beef up the educational system in Lowell. The most colorful reason for this emanated from the Mayor…
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Lowell Walks Thanks to Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon for the lively and insightful stories they shared during yesterday’s Lowell Walk. Thanks also to the 110+ people who participated which is up substantially from the 81 who attended last week’s inaugural walk on historic preservation. Today’s tour was on Lowell’s…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: June 8, 2015 – Monday 257-259 South St Unit 2 for $280,000. New condo 88 Prescott St Unit 4A for $395,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $320,000 7 Harris Ave for $260,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $299,500 137-139…
Read More »Dave Perry takes to the UMass Lowell website to share his observations from last Saturday’s Lowell Walks kickoff tour. The next tour is tomorrow morning at 10am from the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. “Lowell Public Art Collection” is the topic and Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon…
Read More »Sorry for the delay but here are my notes from this past Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting: Public Hearing to create a new department of Health and Human Services. No members of the public speak. City Manager says this reorganization does not require any additional money. Councilor Milinazzo says that…
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