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The 3rd annual Mill City Grows Harvest Festival will take place this coming Saturday, September 20, from 1 pm to 5 pm at Rotary Club Park, 10 Chase Street in Lowell. The festival will feature all kinds of events, demonstrations and entertainment. It’s a great event organized by an organization…
Read More »Fred Faust, a former director of the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, responds to Lowell Sun publisher Jim Campanini’s recent attack on historic preservation in Lowell. Fred left the following as a comment to my Sunday Week in Review article but since the issue is of critical importance to Lowell, I…
Read More »18th Middlesex Representative Race Shortly after 9 am yesterday Erik Gitschier, Lowell’s new water department head and until two weeks ago a member of the Greater Lowell Regional School Committee appeared on my front porch to leave a flyer for Fred Bahou, the unenrolled candidate for the 18th Middlesex Representative…
Read More »The following sale took place this past week: September 8, 2014 – Monday 35 Riverwalk Way Unit 302 for $169,900. Prior sale in 2005 for $262,000 September 9, 2014 – Tuesday 1431 Pawtucket Blv Unit B32 for $178,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $220,000 September 10, 2014 – Wednesday 15…
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Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours are here: Friday, September 12 at 1 pm Saturday, September 13 at 10 am From the Knapp Ave gate.
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our…
Read More »It’s been 13 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Here’s a post I did two years ago after a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City. The National 9/11 Memorial is a fitting tribute to those who perished on September 11, 2001. The 8-acre site is dominated…
Read More »Here are the final unofficial results for the 18th Middlesex state rep race: Rady Mom – 647 Jim Leary – 595 Brian Donovan – 576 David Ouellette – 347 write-in votes – 276 So where did Rady Mom gain his margin of victory? Let’s look at how he did against…
Read More »Here are the unofficial results from the election commission for all contested races on the Democratic side in Lowell: Governor Martha Coakley – 2747 Steven Grossman – 2104 Donald Berwick – 849 Lt Gov Stephen Kerrigan – 2963 Leland Cheung – 977 Mike Lake – 829 Attorney General Maura Healey…
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