At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the Lowell Green Building Commission award its 2014 Green Building Excellence Award: Chris Gleba and Kris Erikson for their renovations of 48 Epping Street (Mark Yanowitz of Verdeco Design, architect). Julia Hans, a member of the Commission, wrote a blog post about the renovations…
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Moment of silence for Ed Trudel, former Lowell Special Events Coordinator who died on Saturday. Lowell Green Building Commission award for “green building excellence” to Chris Gleba and Kris Erikson, owners of an 1895 property at 48 Epping Street that was recently renovated. Vote authorizing CM to execute a lease…
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John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. Former President Ronald Reagan in his first inaugural address I disagree. Bad…
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A couple of ducks found a comfortable perch atop a Varnum Road house where they listened to the free concert from Pawtucket Boulevard; a fitting conclusion to Memorial Day 2014.
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Memorial Day is an official Federal Holiday that is observed on the final Monday of May each year. The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember and to honor those who have died while serving in the armed forces of the United States. The holiday originated in the years following…
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Excuse my delay in posting but this morning I was at the Greater Lowell Veterans Council Memorial Day service – look for a blog post about it later today. Here are my observations of this week in Lowell politics: Customer Service Tuesday’s council meeting was pretty sedate until the final…
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Here’s the talk I gave at TEDx Lowell a couple of weeks ago: [youtube]1UWwv3mTSTU[/youtube]
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May 19, 2014 – Monday 36 Fulton St for $160,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $77,000 May 20, 2014 – Tuesday 137 Pine St Unit 11 for $90,000. Prior sale in 1981 51 Boynton St for $185,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $105,000 39 Harvard St for $289,900. Prior sale…
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