December 15, 2014 – Monday 60 Billerica St Unit C for $190,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $190,000 170 Holyrood Ave for $400,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $475,000 71 Ecklund Dr for $264,900. New construction December 16, 2014 – Tuesday 19 Commonwealth AVe for $250,000. Prior sale in 1974…
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Carole Cowan Retiring President of Middlesex Community College Carole Cowan is honored by the City Council and by State Senator Eileen Donoghue (on behalf of herself and Representatives Golden and Nangle). Public Hearing: To adopt the minimum residential factor No speakers for or against. CFO Connor Baldwin gives council presentation…
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John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues The only thing worse than a bad idea is a good idea ruined by an inflated sense of how good an idea it is. Winston Churchill said democracy is the worst form…
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The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: December 8, 2014 – Monday 7 Avalon St for $307,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $162,400 December 9, 2014 – Tuesday Andover St (building lot) for $240,000. Prior sale (of this lot and another) in 2014 for $475,000 46…
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City Council – Bike Lanes The city council’s transportation subcommittee met last Tuesday before the regular council meeting. Their topic was the bike lanes on Fr. Morissette Boulevard. They recommended some changes to the markings around the lanes – nothing that seemed too drastic – but the biggest thing to…
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Thirty-seven years ago today a fire broke out in a dormitory at Providence College. Ten students perished. Back in 2010 I wrote a blog post about the fire. Each year it gains a few more comments. It now has 42. Many of those who have contributed were there that night. …
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Report by Cultural and Arts Subcommittee Presentation for the city’s submission to the Bloomberg Art Challenge earlier this evening by Susan Halter from COOL. The theme will be Lowell as an art laboratory where “art will come alive in February 2015.” Recommends council endorse proposal and submission to the competition.…
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Here are some photos from today’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony held by the Greater Lowell Veteran’s Council this morning at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Mayor Rodney Elliott and State Representative Colleen Garry offered remarks during the ceremony in the Hall of Flags. Also in attendance were State Representative Dave Nangle…
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Lowell Social Media Conference Thanks to all who attended yesterday’s 2nd annual Lowell Social Media Conference at LTC. We had some great presentations and plenty of audience participation. The 3rd annual Social Media Conference will be held on the first Saturday in December next year (which happens to be December…
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Thanks to everyone who attended today’s Lowell Social Media Conference. With 61 names on the sign-in sheet, our audience grew considerably in size this year. Thanks especially to Lowell Telecommunications Corp which co-sponsored and ably hosted the event, especially Gloria Polites and Steve Brogan. An intern from LTC video recorded…
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