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Here’s my review of political events in Lowell this past week: BIKE LANES For Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Rodney Elliott and Councilor Rita Mercier filed a joint motion to abolish the bike lanes that were installed on Father Morissette Boulevard last summer. This prompted a big turnout by local…
Read More »Nearly 300 people gathered last night at a community celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month sponsored by the Khmer Post USA, the Lowell-based Cambodian language newspaper that has circulation throughout New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Held at the Hong Kong Restaurant at 308 Westford Street in…
Read More »Lowell resident Seng Ty has written a book about his experiences in the Killing Fields of Cambodia, his time in refugee camps, and his life in the United States. He will do a reading and signing this coming Wednesday, May 7 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Middlesex…
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »[This is not a verbatim transcript, but as close to it as I can produce while watching the meeting[ ABOLISH BIKE LANES After some citations at the start of the meeting, the motion by Rita Mercier and Rodney Elliott to abolish the bike lanes on Fr. Morisette Blvd is taken…
Read More »Thanks to Jack Moynihan for sending the following summary of last night’s meeting of the LDNA (Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association): The Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association met Tuesday, April 28 at LTC on Market Street. Co-Chair Susan Purdy called the meeting to order at approximately 7:07 p.m. The first speaker of…
Read More »Thanks to the UMass Lowell Honors Ambassadors program, the first TEDx Lowell event was held yesterday at UTEC on Warren Street. It was a great event, well-organized and interesting and all because of the great effort of the UMass Lowell students who ran the entire show. I was privileged to…
Read More »Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley visited Lowell tonight for a fund raiser at La Boniche hosted by Eileen Donoghue, Steve Panagiotakos, Bill Martin and Michael Gallagher. In her brief remarks, Coakley reminisced about all that she learned about the law and about people during her time as an…
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: Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we…
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