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Frequent contributor Jim Peters sends along his thoughts on the upcoming city election, the national economy, and much else: There has not really been alot of time to meander over the past few months, between my father dying and my business being very busy. But, I have had the opportunity…
Read More »Today was the City of Lowell’s household hazardous materials drop-off day. Residents could transport items such as oil, cleaners, pesticides and other chemicals to Cawley Stadium and safely drop them off with professionals who will dispose of them safely. Tires and TV’s were also being collected, but there was a…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Elizabeth Warren is one impressive lady and may turn into a rock star candidate. She spoke yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Boston, invited there months ago by Steve Crosby, Dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy…
Read More »Lowell Buick Company – photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »The Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council has three city council candidate forums on the calendar. Here are the dates and places. If you’re interested in the direction of our city government you should try to make at least one of these events in person. In any case, please watch for our…
Read More »Next Thursday night, September 22 at 7:00 pm, at the Pollard Memorial Library, historian Chaim “Mike” Rosenberg, will discuss his book, The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 as part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lectures. Last winter, shortly after the publication of this book, I traveled to…
Read More »No, I’m not talking about the latest local political melodrama; I’m talking about stairs. I’m reading “At Home: A short history of private life” by humorist Bill Bryson (A Walk in the Woods, The History of Nearly Everything) in which Bryson deconstructs the modern residence and explains the history of…
Read More »Adirondack Chair Installation at Boarding House Park in Lowell. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »So says City Manager Bernie Lynch in a letter addressed to the newspaper’s publisher and editorial board. The entire letter was posted today on the City Manager’s blog. The “misleading, incomplete and biased” labels were used by the manager to describe the newspaper’s recent reporting on the city’s Developmental Services…
Read More »Earlier today I had an appointment in downtown Lowell and I wisely walked to it. Had I taken my car, I believe it would have taken longer to reach my destination. The photo above was taken from the vicinity of Jackson Street looking down Central towards Prescott. The bumper to…
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