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New Meets Old, Part II
Greg Page and Jennifer Myers, the outgoing and the incoming aides to Lowell Mayor Patrick Murphy, leaving City Hall for the opening parade of the Folk Festival
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New meets Old
Photo and text from Tony Sampas: Patrick O. Murphy, the 88th mayor of Lowell meets the 2nd Mayor of Lowell, Luther Lawrence (1778-1839), in the City of Lowell Council Chamber, July 25, 2012. Luther Lawrence was mayor from 1838 to 1839. The portrait is a reproduction of an oil painting…
Read More »2012 Lowell Folk Festival kicks off tonight
Head down to Lowell City Hall this evening for the 6:40 pm Ethnic Parade that is the opening ceremony of this year’s Lowell Folk Festival. The procession of costumed residents bearing the flags of their native countries and the native countries of their ancestors will leave JFK Plaza, proceed down…
Read More »Mitt Romney and the Olympics
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy field trip got off to an interesting start when in an NBC interview he questioned the preparedness of the London Olympics. The Brits were not impressed. Whether out of a sense of defensiveness or national pride or some combination, they responded vigorously. Here’s a sampling from…
Read More »“The Music Man” comes to Lowell
Before you plunge into the Folk Festival this weekend, mark your calendar for next Friday and Saturday when Jack Neary and friends bring “The Music Man” to Lowell. Here are the particulars straight from Jack: Just wanted to remind folks about the NEW Greater Lowell Music Theatre, and our upcoming…
Read More »Jennifer Myers: Joining one fraternity & leaving another
Congratulations to Jennifer Myers on her new position as secretary to Mayor Patrick Murphy. Knowing the responsibilities of that position, I use the word “secretary” in the “secretary of state” sense rather than the “secretarial pool” sense. Jen joins an impressive roster of folks who have previously held that position…
Read More »Westview Road zoning before City Council on Tuesday
A major event in a proposed 11 house subdivision by David Daley at the end of Westview Road will occur this coming Tuesday when Mr. Daley presents his petition to have the zoning of the land changed from its current Industrial to Residential. Here’s how it’s listed on the Council…
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Read More »Bridge removal in Hamilton Canal District
City Manager Bernie Lynch gives a report on his blog of the removal yesterday of the temporary bridge over the Hamilton Canal on Jackson Street. Marianne Gries, Sopheak Sam and Lisa DeMeo were all taking photos. A couple are posted here.
Read More »Lowell and the New Urbanism
Yesterday I wrote a short post and linked to a Globe story about the worker-inspired migration of businesses from the suburbs to the city and questioned where did Lowell fit into this story. Adam Baacke, the city’s Director of Planning and Development, gave a thorough response which was followed by…
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