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Three issues with long term implications arose at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The council repurposed an existing public safety grant to help fund five new police officers who will begin work at the end of June. The council ratified the School Committee’s proposal to the state school building assistance…
Read More »The following properties were sold in Lowell this past week: March 31, 2014 – Monday 158 Dartmouth St for $393,000. Prior sale in 1979 536 School St for $114,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $210,480 672 Beacon St Unit 672 for $105,000. Prior sale in 1982 for $42,500 305 Pine…
Read More »Tony Sampas visited Sowy’s Bakery at 474 E Merrimack St in Lowell and took these pictures:
Read More »Judith Durant, a Lowell resident who was a top grass roots campaigner for the recent U.S. Senate campaigns of Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, decided to get involved in the Lowell Democratic City Committee and attended last night’s “reorganization meeting.” Here’s her report: I’ve been a registered Democrat living in…
Read More »James Ostis sent the following notice: The UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas invites you to “Celebrate Cambodian Arts” on Thursday, April 3, 2014. As part of this daylong festival, the Angkor Dance Troupe will present a special performance of their original show, Apsara Dancing Stones, at 7 p.m.…
Read More »Councilor Leahy is absent from tonight’s meeting. Council grants permit to National Park to move NPS Law Enforcement operation to the Market Mills Building at 246 Market Street. This will provide more law enforcement visibility in downtown. Councilor Belanger comments on city manager report on income produced from increased meal…
Read More »Nothing like an open House seat to get the political juices flowing. With Kevin Murphy selected to be the next Lowell City Manager last night, he will soon resign as the representative for the Eighteenth Middlesex District. Given the timing of this, I believe there will not be a special…
Read More »Every Lowell City Councilor is a unique individual with unique passions and priorities. That said, in the action-packed first three months of this term, several coalitions seem to have developed. First, you have Mayor Rodney Elliott and Councilors Rita Mercier, Corey Belanger and Dan Rourke who seem to be aligned…
Read More »Lowell City Council Special Meeting, March 31, 2014 Selection and appointment of City Manager City Auditor update Motion to suspend the rules relative to City Auditor search. Passes. Another candidate dropped out leaving only one applicant. Councilor Milinazzo moves that the council reopen the search, allow the one remaining finalist…
Read More »On Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 2 pm at the Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street (across from Athenian Corner), I will give a Moses Greeley Parker Lecture on Lowell and the Law. Lowell’s explosive growth as a center of textile manufacturing brought with it a boom…
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