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Help support One Lowell – advocating for all of Lowell’s diverse newcomers! When: August 6th & 7th Where: Cawley Stadium 45 Douglas Rd. Lowell, MA Come to One Lowell’s 5th annual World Cup soccer tournament New England’s most competitive soccer. 16 teams from 16 countries compete for the championship title.…
Read More »Tonight the Joint Committee on Redistricting met at Lawrence High School for the ninth in a series of hearings seeking testimony and input from across the Commonwealth from elected officials, representatives of organizations and interests and from the general public. The session lasted for nearly three hours before a very…
Read More »The current crop of GOP Presidential candidates will be in our own back yard up in New Hampshire tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. at St. Anselm College’s Sullivan Arena. The debate is sponsored by the New Hampshire Union Leader, CNN and local television station WMUR. Across the stage you…
Read More »Back in 2003, the Lowell City Council endorsed the city’s first Master Plan in 30 years. Since then, the Hamilton Canal project has become a reality, the housing bubble burst, and “sustainability” – of natural resources, history, culture, and people – has become more important. The process of updating the…
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, contributes the following column. When I used to play pickup basketball there was a rule called “winners stay.” Our economy works a lot like that and…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced their choice for Exceutive Director in this press release: Press Release for Immediate Distribution Greater Lowell Community Foundation Names New Executive Director Lowell, June 10, 2011 – Raymond E. Riddick, an accomplished business and community leader in the Merrimack Valley, has been appointed executive…
Read More »The Lowell Community Health Center (LCHC) is in the process of purchasing 200,000 square feet of space in the Hamilton Mill on Jackson Street, and has firm plans to develop half of that space in the near term to consolidate their operations into a central location, and expand as they…
Read More »I find myself in the unusual position of defending Sarah Palin – sort of. Ever since she visited Boston, comedians and commentators have poked fun at her apparent mangling of Paul Revere’s activities of April 18-19, 1775. (By the way, the finest account of that event is Paul Revere’s Ride…
Read More »One of the most picturesque sites in a picturesque city is the Reflecting Pool that lies in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The pool was apparently in need of some repairs and work commenced in October 2010. The new pool will use water from the Tidal Basin rather than the…
Read More »It’s been a long time since I dragged NYTimes opinion columnist Tom Friedman over to rh.com, but today’s essay in the paper bears reading because of the big-picture commentary. Without panicky hyperventilating, Friedman makes a case that we have met the Earth’s enemy, and it is us. The solution is…
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