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The 3rd Annual New Enland Music Awards & Artist Conference will be held in Lowell on Friday Feb 21 & Sat Feb 22, 2014 with most events at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium and at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Details about the event are available on the New…
Read More »At UMass Lowell. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »After posting my Week in Review column earlier today, a reader named Joe left the following comment: About a decade ago Ed Davis wanted to bring the shot spotter gunshot detection system to Lowell. I forget the reason but it never materialized. This week I watched councilors Belanger and Rourke…
Read More »Special City Council Meeting On Monday night the city council held a special meeting for the purpose of selecting an acting city manager from the date Bernie Lynch’s resignation takes effect until a new city manager takes office. The council voted unanimously to appoint current city clerk Michael Geary to…
Read More »I’ve long urged people to start producing short videos about life in Lowell. Content more than quality is the point. Flood the internet with a video record about everyday things that we take for granted but when seen in video might help us appreciate them more. Back in January, I…
Read More »The following properties sold in Lowell during the past week: February 3, 2014 – Monday 200 Market St Unit 4304 for $87,080. Prior sale in 2004 for $110,000 8 Olive St for $105,000. Prior sale in 1988 for $40,800 71 Humphrey St for $186,000. Prior sale in 1955 608 Stevens…
Read More »Democrats in Tewksbury today gathered at the town library this morning to conduct a caucus to elect delegates to the 2014 Democratic State Convention which will be held on June 13 and 14 at the DCU Center in Worcester. Candidates running for statewide office must receive the votes of more…
Read More »Maxine Farkas sends the following from Western Ave . . . Notes from Western Ave. – random thoughts, a week in the writing. I started this last week, but got interrupted, so this is even more of a ramble than normal! It is 8 in the morning on First Saturday…
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »As dormitory residents at Providence College, none of us paid much attention to weather forecasts. Since the classrooms, the gym and the cafeteria were only a few yards away, snow had never been a problem. Until February of 1978, that is. The great Blizzard of ’78 began on February 5,…
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