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(Rules suspended to take several items early). Vote authorizing city manager to execute a lease with UMass Lowell for 125 parking spaces on Fr. Morissette Blvd. They will be used by UMass Lowell Monday thru Friday, used by staff people primarily from the University Crossing facility (former St Joseph’s Hospital).…
Read More »With the council not meeting last Tuesday because of the summer schedule and Independence Day falling on Friday, it was a relatively slow week. Gunfire in the Highlands Wednesday night’s gunfire at Wilder Street and Wilder Ave continues the infiltration of gun violence into the upper Highlands. If I recall…
Read More »I was on vacation last weekend and didn’t get a chance to post the real estate sales in Lowell for that week so we have two week’s worth today: June 23, 2014 – Monday 17 Powell St for $131,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $44,000 306 Aiken Ave Unit 20…
Read More »UMass Lowell’s 2014 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Albie Sachs, a lifelong friend of Nelson Mandela and one of the architects of South African democracy, has been named the 2014 Tang Prize Laureate in the Rule of Law. The Tang Prize which is less well known but akin to the…
Read More »Happy Independence Day from all of us at richardhowe.com
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The Cross Point towers on Chelmsford Street sold yesterday for $100 million (yes, that’s “One Hundred Million Dollars”). The seller was Cross Point Limited Partnership and the buyer was CP Associates LLC, a Delaware corporation with a Massachusetts office at One Post Office Square in Boston. Financing for the sale…
Read More »This post is later than usual today because I just got back from a few days on a remote beach on the coast of Maine where the was plenty of reading, relaxing and some excellent blueberry pancakes for breakfast each day. Once home, a quick scroll through Facebook (which is…
Read More »Congratulations to former Lowell Mayor and City Councilor Armand W. LeMay. This coming Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 11 am, the city of Lowell will formally dedicate the Armand W. LeMay Garden which is located on University Avenue, directly across the street from the Pawtucketville Social club (which is at…
Read More »At last night’s city council meeting, Bill Martin made a motion that the city recreation department consider adding pickleball to the other sports, activities and games offered to those participating in summer programs at the city’s parks. I had never heard of pickleball and wondered if it was in any…
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