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Maxine Farkas shares the following update from Western Avenue Studios: Ever encounter one of those ideas that seems like a throw away but blossoms into something far, far more than you imagined? Back in February Susan Halter from COOL/CASE forwarded information about ArtWeek Boston, they were interested in expanding the…
Read More »Blogging is a bit like exercising – you take a week off and it’s hard to start up again, but once you resume, you remember why you enjoy doing it so much. Here’s my take on Lowell politics for the past week: 18th Middlesex District candidates With Kevin Murphy comfortably…
Read More »Books by French professors of economics usually don’t get much attention in the United States, but a recently published one by Thomas Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics, certainly has changed that. Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, explores the issue of income inequality. On Friday,…
Read More »This morning I spent several hours giving a driving tour of the Highlands to a couple of students in the Public Matters program. Public Matters is a “leadership and civic engagement initiative of The Lowell Plan conducted in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park. The mission of Public Matters is…
Read More »TED started in 1984 as a conference that each year brought people from Technology, Entertainment and Design together for short lectures (no more than 18 minutes) on their favorite topics. The talks were videotaped and made available for free on YouTube. That quickly made TED a global phenomenon. TED’s motto…
Read More »The following property sales took place in Lowell this week: April 21, 2014 – Monday Patriot’s Day – registry closed April 22, 2014 – Tuesday 11 West Bowers St Unit 3 for $87,550. Prior sale in 2007 165 Market St Unit C-1 for $240,159. New condo 165 Market St Unit…
Read More »Lowell resident and blog contributor Nancy Pitkin traveled to Cambridge last night for a book talk by Senator Elizabeth Warren. Here’s Nancy’s report: On April 1, tickets for the Senator Elizabeth Warren book talk sponsored by the Harvard Bookstore went on “sale” for $5.00 and the event was to be…
Read More »Please welcome Julia Hans, our newest contributor. Julia is a Lowell resident and a member of the city’s Green Building Commission. She writes a blog called Green Sense: Sustainability Made Simple. Today Julia writes about UTEC’s headquarters which was highlighted at last week’s Sustainable Communities Conference: Last week, Lowell was…
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