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I watched tonight’s Lowell City Council meeting so that you didn’t have to. Here’s what I saw: Meeting begins; all present. Citations, etc. Councilor Mendonca motion, refer Senior Center funding issue to Finance Subcommittee. Councilor Nuon refers Cupples Square issue to Economic Development Subcommittee. Councilor Elliott asks to suspend the…
Read More »Four of the city of Lowell’s polling places have changed locations in time for the September 24, 2013 preliminary election. All three precincts in Ward 2 which formerly voted at the Masonic Temple on Arcand Drive will now vote at the Tsongas Center (f/k/a Tsongas Arena) on Martin Luther King…
Read More »I first heard rumors of this earlier today and now find a report on Boston’s WHDH-TV 7News. If the below video viewer from Channel 7 does not work on your device, here’s the link to the story. WHDH-TV 7News Boston Also, here’s a link to the story on CBS channel…
Read More »From Dracut Forum: Question 1: $2.9 Million override Yes: 2452, NO: 6367, Blanks 12 Question 2: $200,000 override Yes: 2626, NO: 6139: Blanks: 72
Read More »The Fall 2013 tours of historic Lowell Cemetery are fast approaching. Here are the dates: Friday, September 27 at 1 pm Saturday, September 28 at 10 am Friday, October 4 at 1 pm Saturday, October 5 at 10 am The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery…
Read More »This is the fifth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is seventh place finisher Vesna Nuon. The information presented below is organized…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. I suggest that we accept the following two principles: 1 – Government must regulate and monitor the sale of alcoholic beverages. 2…
Read More »In the informational packet for this week’s Lowell City Council meeting, the following item caught my eye. It’s a response from the city manager to a motion made by Mayor Murphy at the August 27, 2013 city council meeting that requested a report on “the use of CDBG funding for…
Read More »The following is a list of motions on the agenda for this week’s Lowell City Council meeting. The number that precedes the motion is the item number on the agenda (as is evident, there is much on the agenda before council motions are even reached which is a fairly recent…
Read More »This is the fourth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is sixth place finisher Marty Lorrey. The information presented below is organized…
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