Congratulations to all who organized and attended today’s Southeast Asian Water Festival which seemed to be a great success. The crowd this year look larger than in the past few years and the weather was perfect. It’s hard to believe that this was the 18th annual Water Festival and it’s…
August 11, 2014 – Monday 15 Hastings St for $120,000. Prior sale in 1949 346 Douglas Rd for $244,900. Prior sale in 1974 August 12, 2014 – Tuesday 9 Wachusetts St for $100,000. Prior sale in 1993 for $76,000 56 Tilton St for $300,250. Prior sale in 2010 for $300,250…
The changeover to two way traffic in much of downtown Lowell will occur at 4am tomorrow. I’ve been looking forward to the change because when it comes to downtown Lowell, doing something different can’t hurt. (Although when I tested out Appleton Street on the day it changed to two way…
Attorney Arthur L. Eno, Jr. – Lou or Louis to most member of the Lowell Bar – was laid to rest today after a classy and dignified committal service at the chapel of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Chelmsford, an institution he helped create. The priest who performed the service in…
August 4, 2014 – Monday 56 Gardner Ave Unit B for $158,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $195,000 36 Burlington Ave for $1,575,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $1.500,000 August 5, 2014 – Tuesday 55 Wollaston St for $289,000. Prior sale in 1969 15 South Canton St for $105,000. Prior…
At the same time as City Manager Kevin Murphy was stating that his “number one priority was making downtown Lowell a college town” I was pulling into Williamstown, Massachusetts for a few days. Williamstown, 120 miles west of Lowell, is tucked into the northwest corner of Massachusetts and borders New…
Market Basket With no council meeting this week, the Market Basket saga continues to be the biggest news around. As Kendall Wallace wrote in his Saturday Chat yesterday (no link yet), there should be at least one fascinating book to come out of this. The DeMoulas family feud has been…
July 28, 2014 – Monday 39 Harland Ave for $325,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $330,000 133 Havilah St for $520,000. Prior sale in 1972 July 29, 2014 – Tuesday 1 Canal Place Unit 501 for $205,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $197,000 18 Gilmore St Unit 18A for $120,000.…
Congratulations and thanks to all involved for another successful Lowell Folk Festival. I attended on both Saturday and Sunday with vastly different experiences but that was because of the heavy rain that fell midday on Sunday. Hopefully the financial impact was less severe than the weather. I am sorry I…