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A Tale of Two (Hood) Smokestacks
Thanks to Eileen Loucraft for sharing the following about the Hood Smokestack on Thorndike Street that was damaged by lightning over the weekend: Since the lightning strike in Lowell last night damaging the Hood smokestack on Thorndike Street at the former C.I. Hood patent medicine plant I thought I’d explain…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours this weekend
This season’s tours of Lowell Cemetery begin this weekend with one tour on Friday, September 12 starting at 1 pm and another on Saturday, September 13 at 10 am. The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance which is right next to Shedd Park. The tours are free and require…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: September 7, 2014
Tornado Warnings Yesterday afternoon’s tornado warning was the fourth of the summer. I don’t remember that many warnings in the previous 40 years. Is the weather getting worse or is weather radar and the ability to quickly report its results just getting better. While the tornado threat faded, a serious…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of September 1, 2014
September 1, 2014 – Monday Labor Day – no sales September 2, 2014 – Tuesday 18 Asbury Way for $379,900. Prior sale in 2006 for $230,000 15 Galligan Rd for $224,000. Prior sale in 1985 for $90,500 September 3, 2014 – Wednesday 557 Varnum Ave for $360,050. Prior sale in…
Read More »The Irish in Massachusetts
Shortly after Lowell received its charter in the early 1800s, the city adopted a seal. Many people confuse the motto – “Art is the handmaid of human good” – with the seal. True, the motto rings the seal but the seal is a type of mural in miniature that tells…
Read More »Observations on tonight’s State Rep debate
I just got back from tonight’s debate of the candidates for the 18th Middlesex State Representative District. The debate was sponsored by the Lowell Sun and UMass Lowell and it was held in the new University Crossing Building which is at Merrimack and Pawtucket Streets. If you’ve lived in Lowell…
Read More »18th Middlesex Rep debate at UMass Lowell
I attended the debate of the candidates for the 18th Middlesex Representative District which was held this evening at UMass Lowell’s new University Crossing building. The following are the notes I took during the debate. It’s not a verbatim transcript but it gives you a pretty accurate account of who…
Read More »Lowell in the Legislature: Part 1
Next Tuesday, voters in the 18th Middlesex District will go to the polls to select the Democratic nominee for the rare vacant state representative seat that was created when Kevin Murphy resigned to become city manager. For that reason, this seemed like a good time to trace the lineage of…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: August 31, 2014
The City Council and Downtown Instead of travelling to a distant location for a summer vacation I stuck around New England and made short trips to cities like Boston, Salem, and North Adams in Massachusetts, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine. Anytime I go to such places I always compare…
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