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Mayor Elliott introduced Hannah York, the new City Auditor. She says she’s delighted to be here and everyone has been wonderful, especially the staff in the Auditor’s Office. Public Hearing on Proposed FY15 Budget Councilor Kennedy congratulates City Manager Murphy on the budget document but says because it proposes a…
Read More »Friend-of-the-blog and frequent contributor Nancy Pitkin volunteers as an ESL tutor in the Literacy Program sponsored by the Pollard Memorial Library. One of Nancy’s students, Elizabeth Maximovich, became a United States citizen on March 25 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium ceremony. Nancy asked Elizabeth to write about the experience so…
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: There are three things certain in life. Benjamin Franklin identified death and taxes. The third certainty is that without taxes and government intervention, people will die. Two years…
Read More »I’m still recuperating from knee surgery so my own participation in the week’s political activities was limited but here are some observations from the sidelines. Nancy Pelosi visits Lowell Early Monday morning, Nancy Pelosi and ten Congressional colleagues rolled into the parking lot of Middlesex Community College as part of…
Read More »June 2, 2014 – Monday 157 Nesmith St Unit 7 for $105,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $180,400 20-22 Seventh St for $240,000. Prior sale in 1967 12 Belmont St for $269,900. Prior sale in 2012 for $160,000 June 3, 2014 – Tuesday 15-17 Joyce Ave for $232,000. Prior sale…
Read More »Lowell City Hall from the Northwesterly approach. Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Today is the inaugural edition of the Boston Globe’s new weekly political section called “Capital” which the Globe describes as “the week in politics and the issues.” I’m impressed. The twelve page section is packed with substance including news stories, opinion pieces, graphs and photographs. While there are a few…
Read More »Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the great amphibious and airborne assault that returned the Allies to France in 1944 and commenced the final phase of the war in Europe. Below is a blog post I did two years ago which includes photos from a 2004 family visit to…
Read More »Thanks to Tony Sampas for the following photos and text and congratulations to Mehmed Ali: Lowell’s own Mehmed Ali receives Historic New England’s 2014 Prize for Collecting Works on Paper June 2, 2014, Haverhill, MA. With many Lowell friends in attendance the President of Historic New England Carl R. Nold…
Read More »Tony Sampas shared the following picture and narrative about an upcoming program called “Coming Out in Lowell – from the Early Community to Marriage Equality” which will be held at Lowell’s Pollard Memorial Library this Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 11:00 am to 1:00 PM. The event will feature a…
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