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The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: July 14, 2014 – Monday 14 Bristol St for $230,000. Prior sale in 1973 185 Ludlam St for $290,000. Prior sale in 2002 for $215,000 24 Lyons St for $55,000. Prior sale in 1963 July 15, 2014 – Tuesday 36…
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Read More »Congratulations to the rangers at Lowell National Historical Park who have launched a new video series called “Behind the Park.” These videos gives you a behind the scenes look at some of Lowell’s most historic structures. Episode 2, on St. Anne’s Church, just launched on YouTube and Episode 1 on…
Read More »On Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m.- noon, the Lowell CanalWaters Cleaners will hold their annual Pre-Folk Festival cleanup. The group will meet at Mack Plaza, at the corner of Market and Shattuck Streets. Depending on the number of volunteers, we can spread out to other areas to help the…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: Here’s an idea – off with their heads! First came the Enlightenment. Then came the Revolution. The French stormed the Bastille 225 years ago today. Soon, Louis the…
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Whatever it was that seemed important in Lowell politics on Wednesday night faded to obscurity on Thursday as news of the tragic fire at 77 Branch Street rapidly spread. I suspect we all have some primal fear of waking in the middle of the night in a smoke filled room…
Read More »The following property sales occurred in Lowell last week: July 7, 2014 – Monday 128-130 Mt Hope St for $186,000. Prior sale in 2003 for $295,000 17 Asbury Way for $381,500. Prior sale in 2006 for $230,000 51 Long Meadow Dr for $150,000. Prior sale in 1961 80 Smith St…
Read More »Jim Peters shares his thoughts on life and Lowell in this blog post. Welcome back, Jim: I apologize for the month of Sundays it has been since I have written in this blog. Summer has taken over and tomorrow morning at 9AM, I am attending a Mass for my late…
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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 her memories of the 1950s . . . “The Un-Fabulous Fifties or How I Became Beat” by Julie Mofford Years…
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