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UnchARTed Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street is the place to be in Lowell tonight. Beginning at 7pm, an exhibition of Civil War reenactor photographs by Rachel Napear will have its grand opening. This will be unlike any other exhibit opening in recent history because it will begin with a parade…
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 310 school districts in Massachusetts. Only 12 do not offer full-day kindergarten. Chelmsford is one of the twelve. Meanwhile, one Chelmsford Selectman is proposing a tax…
Read More »Here are the sales of real estate in Lowell from the past week: March 3, 2014 – Monday 200 Market St Unit 121 for $120,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $162,450 240 Jackson St Unit 629 for $165,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $158,900 35 Hampshire St for $135,000. Prior…
Read More »Achille-Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918), a sculpture by Mico Kaufman of Tewksbury, Mass., on the grounds of Durgin Hall on the South Campus of UMass Lowell. Photo – by Tony Sampas
Read More »Saturday, March 8, 2014 – 7pm – GALLERY SHOW OPENING NIGHT – PARTY LIKE IT’S 1865 At UnchARTed Gallery, 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell. Exhibit features images of Civil War reenactors in action. This opening event will include Civil War soldiers marching up Merrimack Street, a performance by the Civil…
Read More »I’m a big fan of TED Talks which are interesting talks by interesting people that arise out of a series of conferences held under the TED label (which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design). The conferences began in 1984 but lately videos of all of the presentations have been made freely…
Read More »Unfinished business from last week: Councilor Belanger moves to delay executive sessions from tonight to the next council meeting. Unanimously approved. Motion by Mayor Elliott to set up joint subcommittee of council and school committee to assess recently completed Lowell High School facilities assessment report. Unanimously approved. Motion by Mayor…
Read More »The Lowell City Council held a special meeting tonight (March 3, 2014) to decide the next steps in the process of selecting a new city manager and a new city auditor. Councilor Mercier opens by moving that a period of citizen comment be allowed prior to the interviews. Councilor Belanger…
Read More »The week started off slowly with no sales in Lowell on Monday or Tuesday but things certainly picked up by the end of the week: February 24, 2014 – Monday no sales February 25, 2014 – Tuesday no sales February 26, 2014 – Wednesday 237 Third St Unit A for…
Read More »I wasn’t sorry to see February come to an end but when I stepped out the door yesterday and found that March had arrived with air chilled to 3 degrees and talk of more snow tomorrow, I already started to looking forward to April. When I posted my council meeting…
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