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Another in a series of articles about Lowell at the end of the Civil War, 150 years ago this month: The Confederate Army was far from finished at the beginning of the month of April, 1865. In fact, it was said that they had “some of the finest fighting men…
Read More »Real estate sales in Lowell from last week. Sorry it’s later than usual. March 23, 2015 – Monday 16 Floyd St for $188,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $122,000 18 Pine Hill St Unit 2 for $168,900. Prior sale in 1987 for $109,900 March 24, 2015 – Tuesday 19 Andrews…
Read More »Several procedural votes allowing sidewalk seating for downtown restaurant, etc. “Minor change to Acre plan” to incorporate Lord Overpass. Craig Thomas from DPD explains that this is the existing Lord Overpass plan. A small portion of it, the intersection at Fletcher Street, is within the boundaries of the existing Acre…
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Walkability and Public Transportation On Friday I had a meeting in Boston and for the first time in months commuter rail seemed back to normal. The 8:25am train left Lowell on time and had only an average crowd. When I took that same train a month ago, it was packed…
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On Thursday April 9, 2015 at 7 pm, the Pollard Memorial Library will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee to Union forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. Although other Confederate armies fought on for another…
Read More »Mayor, city manager and councilors recognize Lowell DPW workers for effort they made in removing snow during this record-breaking winter. Cambodian New Year planning committee addresses the council about upcoming New Year celebration at Lowell Senior Center on April 4th from 9am to 3pm. Also the Cambodian flag raising is…
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A New High School for Lowell? The Lowell Public Schools deserve some attention this Sunday. This coming Wednesday at 10 am, the Massachusetts School Building Authority will formally invite the city of Lowell to something called the “MSBA’s Eligibility Period.” According to the MSBA’s website, being invited to the Eligibility…
Read More »March 16, 2015 – Monday 277-283 East Merrimack St for $255,000. Prior sale 1991 foreclosure 303-305 East Merrimack St for $345,000. Prior sale 1991 foreclosure 200 Market St Unit 620 for $215,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $210,000 100 Hanks St for $370,000. Prior sale in 1991 282 Salem St…
Read More »With the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War rapidly approaching, frequent contributor Jim Peters has been digging into the newspaper archives at the Pollard Library and will be writing about what was going on in this city has the war wound down to its end in…
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The Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG) is one of 13 statutorily-created regional transportation agencies in Massachusetts. Member communities of NMCOG are Lowell, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, and Westford. Its headquarters is at 40 Church St, Suite 200 in Lowell and its executive director is Beverly Woods. …
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