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With trips to Washington and Charleston, South Carolina during the past two weeks, I’ve temporarily fallen out of the rhythm of Lowell politics. In my absence, it seems a big debate has broken out over a proposal to build a new Lowell High School on the South Common. My co-writer…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Area Democrats held their monthly meeting at the Chelmsford Radisson yesterday morning and heard from a number of candidates who will be on the ballot for the September 9, 2014 Democratic primary. Here’s who was there and what they had to say: Martha Coakley, candidate for Governor…
Read More »On a small patch of grass wedged between two busy streets in front of Lowell City Hall sits a twenty-five foot high granite obelisk. Few passersby know that this monument commemorates nineteen year old Luther Ladd and twenty year old Addison Whitney, two Lowell mill workers who, along with Sumner…
Read More »The following properties sold in Lowell this week: April 14, 2014 – Monday 168 Ludlam St for $241,000. Prior sale in 1986 for $55,000 28 Maple St for $113,112. Prior sale 2013 foreclosure 24-28 Mill St for $210,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure April 15, 2014 – Tuesday 19 Fernald St…
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Read More »The 4th Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and the 3rd Massachusetts Sustainable Campus Conferences came together yesterday at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center with hundreds of representatives of government, education, business, nonprofits and grassroots organizations coming together for a full day of listening, learning and discussing sustainability practices and resources.…
Read More »For those interested in the history of the American Civil War, there are a number of iconic places that just have to be visited. One of them is Fort Sumter, the place where the shooting part of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861. Although I’d spent 20 years…
Read More »May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Khmer Post USA, the city’s Cambodian language newspaper, will kick off the celebration with its 4th Annual Media & Community Gala on Friday, May 2, 2014 from 6:30 pm until midnight at the Hong Kong Restaurant at 308 Westford Street (Cupples…
Read More »Ted Leonsis – Mom and dad natives of Lowell but then moved to Brooklyn, NY. They all returned to Lowell when Ted was a junior in high school. They lived at 185 Trull Lane East. He was a C student at Lowell High. His guidance counselor, Beatrice Hoar, once told…
Read More »Here are real estate sales in Lowell for the past week: April 7, 2014 – Monday no sales April 8, 2014 – Tuesday 28 Burtt St for $263,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $230,000 April 9, 2014 – Wednesday 97 Hovey St for $220,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $230,000…
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