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Some observations from Jim Peters: I have not written about the meanderings of my mind for quite a while. It is probably time that I do so. I was thinking of how peaceful it is in Lowell’s politic since Kevin Murphy became City Manager. Kevin definitely knew how…
Read More »Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares this story about government censorship with a Lowell connection: As Lowell Historic Preservation Commission’s representative on the Kerouac Committee, I…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: November 3, 2014 – Monday 69 Agawam St for $355,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $390,000 145 Cross St for $232,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $75,500 1461 Pawtucket Blv Unit E-11 for $140,900. Prior sale in 2005 for…
Read More »Adhering to the rule that all politics is local, let’s begin with the 18th Middlesex Rep race By now everyone knows that Rady Mom won this election and that he won it by a large margin. He received 3847 votes to Fred Bahou’s 2386. Of the twelve precincts in the…
Read More »Although Charlie Baker defeated Martha Coakley in this year’s gubernatorial election, Coakley won Lowell with 10,364 votes to Baker’s 8,915. As for the others on the ballot for that office, Falchuk got 661 votes; Lively got 208; and McCormick got 210. Here are the precinct-by-precinct results for the governor’s race…
Read More »Rady Mom surprised me again. Back on September 9, I didn’t expect him to win the primary, but he did. Yesterday, I thought that he would win but I also thought it would be very close. It wasn’t. In the end, Rady beat Fred Bahou by 22 percentage points. Here…
Read More »Question 1 – A YES VOTE would eliminate the requirement that the state’s gas tax be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. YES – 10,002; NO – 9,068 Question 2 – A YES VOTE would expand the state’s beverage container deposit law to require deposits on containers for…
Read More »Here are the results of contested races in Lowell direct from City Hall: Governor Coakley – 10,364 Baker – 8,915 18th Middlesex State Rep Rady Mom – 3,847 Fred Bahou – 2,386 Congress Niki Tsongas – 14,683 R. L. Wofford – 5,054 US Senate Markey – 13,293 Herr – 6,132…
Read More »Election Day Tuesday is the state election. Here’s a rundown of what will appear on our ballots here in Lowell: US Senate – Democrat Ed Markey, who was elected Senator in a special election in the spring of 2013 to fill the vacancy created when John Kerry became Secretary of…
Read More »The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: October 27, 2014 – Monday 135 Barbara St for $220,000. Prior sale in 1979 68 Bellevue St for $310,000. Prior sale in 1996 for $59,000 102-104 Fourth Ave for $391,000. Prior sale in 1970 October 28, 2014 – Tuesday 45…
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