City Council

At Lowell City Manager’s St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast: No Corned Beef but Lots of Blarney

The funniest guy at Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch’s St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast this morning is dead -but God rest his soul never forgotten – the Ultimate Toastmaster  and Emcee – the late Kenny Harkins. By opening with  a wonderful video* tribute to two greats from past Manager breakfasts – the…

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Report on foreclosures in Lowell

Earlier tonight I presented a report to the city council housing subcommittee on foreclosures in Lowell from 2007 to 2010. The full report is available on the registry of deeds website HERE. The report scrutinized foreclosures conducted in 2008 and 2009 and calculated the time that passed between the various…

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Lowell City Manager Presents Strategic Goals and Objectives “Draft”

From Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch’s “Office of  the City Manager Blog” – Last evening, I presented a draft of the adminstration’s strategic goals and objectives before the Personnel Subcommittee.  The subcommittee plans to reconvene in two weeks and submit comments and feedback which will be incorporated into the final…

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The Lowell Connection: Reclaiming the Center of the Midsize City

In today’s edition – the Boston Globe continues its series on the reviatlization of mid-sized cities in the Commonwealth. The focus of today’s article is  “reclaiming the center –  midsize cities rediscover the allure of downtowns, attracting millions to transform them into 24-hour neighborhoods of businesses and homes.” It’s no surprise…

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Pay to Talk on Lowell Talk Radio?

There’s a story posted on the WickedLocal/Watertown site about Nick Iannuzzi – an independent  candidate for Governor’s Council in the Third District challenging incumbent Marilyn Devaney. Iannuzzi plans to appear on a local Saturday morning radio talk show to promote his campaign. There is a  twist to the tale. Apparently  Iannuzzi has paid $490 for a 25…

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