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Tonight is the informational meeting on the Rourke Bridge, Wood Street, Westford Street and Drum Hill Road Corridor Study and Feasibility Analysis. This public meeting – i.e., open to everyone – goes from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Lowell General Hospital’s Clark Auditorium, 295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA. Due…
Read More »Ivy, our Yellow Lab, turns 5 years old today. The photo above is from this morning. Despite the temperature of only 1 degree, she still wanted to go for a walk but the human side of that equation thought better of it.
Read More »2nd Annual Chili Contest! SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 12 – 4 PM (Snow: Sunday, January 27, 12 – 4) Vote for your favorite chili and let your tastebuds be heard! $10.00 – Tickets at the Brush Gallery Proceeds to support our Special Perspectives Art Program for developmentally delay adults. Click here to learn…
Read More »Years from now historians will cite President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address as the launch point of a new era of progressive action and values in America. From climate change to gun control to education to gay rights, women’s rights and voting rights, to the “inherent value” of social programs such…
Read More »Tony Sampas took some photos of the installation of the footbridge that connects the new UML dormitory on Marginal Street with the rest of the South Campus by allowing students to safely pass over active railroad tracks.
Read More »East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting: Monday, February 4, 2013 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm McAvinnue Elementary School, 131 Mammoth Rd., Lowell, MA Enter at side door on Fourth Ave. Nancy Pitkin, Trustee of the Lowell Public Library, will talk about all the new, great services (online and traditional) that the…
Read More »Governor Patrick gave a succinct state of the state speech this evening. He spoke mainly about the importance of upgrading our transportation and education systems and said that “since we all have a stake in the future, we should all be willing to invest in it now.” To fund that…
Read More »UMass Lowell professor Bob Forrant kindly brought the following quote to our attention on the occasion of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, January 15, 1929. “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles,…
Read More »The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a new foreclosure decision yesterday in the case of HSBC Bank vs. Matt. But the SJC stated emphatically that it was not a foreclosure case. Except it was. The following is my explanation of the case and its significance. It’s a long explanation, but…
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. The result was as expected. The government averted the fiscal cliff, for now. However, they did not solve the budget problem. Spending…
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