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Communications from City Manager Report on Shot Spotter technology referred to Public Safety Subcommittee. (Three year subscription for 1 square mile would be $235,000; 2 square miles would be $340,000; 3 square miles would be $415,000). Vote to authorize third amendment to development agreement between city and Trinity Financial for…
Read More »Lots of great activities planned for the 31st Annual Irish Cultural Week in Lowell. Here’s the schedule: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 IRISH CONCERT 10:00 AM – Traditional Irish Music Performed by St. Patrick Parish Choir Directed and Accompanied by Ginny Corcoran IRISH CULTURAL WEEK OPENING MASS 10:30 AM – St.…
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: The runner was working hard but falling behind. She was assigned to an outside lane due to bad luck of the draw. Competitors, taking advantage of the inside…
Read More »With a Monday holiday (Presidents Day), school vacation week, a big snowstorm that cancelled Tuesday’s city council meeting, a series of smaller storms that made getting around each day a challenge, and a brilliantly sunny Saturday for Winterfest, politics was not foremost in the news this week. The biggest political…
Read More »Tomorrow night (Saturday, February 22, 2014) at 6:30 pm at the Lowell High Little Theatre, FreeVerse! will hold its 4th Annual I Think I ____ You!, a Spoken Word Poetry showcase featuring a dozen youth poets performing moving pieces “in this theatrical representation of love!” Tickets are $7 and may…
Read More »Between the holiday on Monday and a couple of snowstorms, it was a relatively slow week. One million dollar sale though: 710 Chelmsford St which I believe is a multiple unit retail building next to Lowe’s. February 17, 2014 – Monday Registry closed for President’s Day February 18, 2014 –…
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Read More »I just learned of a fascinating photo exhibit that’s opening on March 8 at Uncharted Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell. Local photographer Rachel Napear spent last summer following Civil War re-enactors around Massachusetts, photographing them at every stop. The show will run for three weeks, from March 8…
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Read More »This post is by Maxine Farkas from Western Avenue Studios: Since June of 2012 the population of artists at Western Ave. has almost doubled, with the construction of Western Avenue Lofts and the build out of the former Classic Elite Yarn space on fourth and fifth floor of the A…
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