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Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and State Senator Eileen Donoghue will join US Senate candidate Ed Markey for a rally in Lowell tomorrow (Saturday, June 1) at 4pm at Hookslide Kelly’s at 19 Merrimack Street. With the election on June 25, there are only a couple of weeks to…
Read More »The following Lowell property sales were recorded this week. This and much additional information are freely available on the website of the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds (www.lowelldeeds.com): Tuesday, May 28, 2013 34 Newhall St Unit 107 for $106,500 50 Wightman St for $300,000 52 Lawrence Dr, Unit M611 for…
Read More »Today at 1 pm and tomorrow at 10 am (that’s Friday and Saturday), we’ll have our last two spring 2013 tours of Lowell Cemetery. Back on Friday, May 17 we had 75 people attend and the next day there were more than 90, so the tours remain popular. This weekend’s…
Read More »I spent most of the 1960s as a preteen living at 505 Wilder Street on a block that had the Morey School at one end (corner of Pine and Wilder) and Lavoie’s Dairy at the other (corner of Shaw and Wilder). The dairy was a fascinating place. Each morning, its…
Read More »This past weekend I attended the Memorial Day Services hosted by the Greater Lowell Veteran’s Council on Saturday. Events begin at the Ladd and Whitney Monument in front of City Hall where each of the member groups of the Veteran’s Council step forward and read the names of their members…
Read More »Dave McKeon posts on the Lowell Irish blog his memories of Memorial Day from decades ago. The city’s celebration then was centered around a major downtown parade but then everyone would travel to the various cemeteries around the city to pay respects to deceased family members. There were also important…
Read More »The following properties sold in Lowell this past week: Monday, May 20, 2013 68 Sherman St Unit 68 for $220,000 800 Broadway Unit 2 for $135,000 200 Market St Unit 509 for $177,000 31 Sycamore St for $262,000 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 92 Central St Unit B1 for $140,000 144…
Read More »When Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray announced the other day that he would resign his office, it drew my attention to the 2014 state election which, while it seems far off but really isn’t. There is no provision for filling a vacancy in the office of Lt Governor so there’s no…
Read More »Last night I spoke at the Lowell City Council meeting to urge the city of Lowell to apply for the Distressed Properties Identification and Revitalization Grant recently offered by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. The purpose of this grant is to fund a position with Gateway Cities (such as Lowell)…
Read More »Mark Lynch, a well-known member of Lowell’s blogosphere, shared the following letter to the editor he composed about his thoughts on allowing city residents to own and raise chickens: Last night I attended a neighborhood action meeting for the first time in three years or so. I did so because…
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