The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: Feb 9, 2015 – Monday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 10, 2015 – Tuesday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 11, 2015 – Wednesday 240 Jackson St Unit 625 for $160,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 373 Aien Ave Unit 9 for…
City Manager gives an update on snow removal costs. January was the snowiest month ever in Lowell. From Jan 21 to Feb 10, about 70 inches of snow fell on Lowell. DPW did a heroic job. The city has 275 miles of streets in addition to schools, city parking lots,…
Lowell: The Hottest Town in Massachusetts? It is for volume of home sales, at least according to CBS Boston. Citing a report from Waltham-based McGeough Lamacchia Realty Inc., CBS Boston had Lowell with a 9.5% increase in home sales from 2013 to 2014 followed by Scituate (9.3), Waltham (8.9), Centerville…
John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. The moment went by so fast it was easy to miss. Candidate for Governor Martha Coakley touched the third rail of Massachusetts politics. She quickly recoiled. She probably lost votes anyway. Meanwhile,…
The following real estate transactions occurred last week: Feb 2, 2015 – Monday 119 B St for $295,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 45-47 Royal St for $182,700. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 15 Alton St Unit 11 for $184,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $125,000 Feb 3, 2015 – Tuesday 24…
The KhmerPost USA, Lowell’s Cambodian language newspaper which circulates up and down the East Coast, held another of its Press Club events today at Lowell Telecommunications Corp. Roger Pin, a co-publisher of the paper, explained that he began these Press Clubs back in 1994 when he was the President of…
Presentation by Kerrie D’Entremont of Greater Lowell Health Alliance on efforts to address opioid epidemic. She said this is an urgent, unmet, public health crisis. The Alliance has been involved with setting up unwanted medication turn-in opportunities and making Narcan more available. Also youth education efforts. Says funding is spread thin…
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the Super Bowl: I am cheating. I am supposed to be working on a blog for April’s commemoration of Lowell’s sacrifices in the Civil War. Of course, as I have often written, we should name another building or bridge for Samuel Pollard…
Next Sunday, February 8 at 2 pm at the Loading Dock Gallery, Maxine Farkas will give a talk on the historical geography of Western Avenue. The talk is free and open to the public. Here’s a description of the event that Maxine has posted on Faceook: I will be offering…
Snow Removal Politically it was a quiet week in Lowell due to the blizzard that dumped 33 inches of snow on top of us. Another significant snowfall is about to hit us. Tim Kelly on NECN just said the snow should begin here in Lowell by 5 am and continue…