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With August half done, here’s a glance at some local real estate statistics. Anyone with an internet connection can do a similar analysis. Just go to the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds website, click on the yellow “search” box then the “document” tab and select the document type and the…
Read More »Development of “Mile of Mills” Riverwalk along the Lowell Canalway in Lowell – $1 million boston.com is reporting that Massachusetts has received $6.1M from the Federal Highway Administration for 12 projects across the state, including $1M for additional work on the Canalway in Lowell. Read the full article by Matt…
Read More »Smith Baker Center – high and low – photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Jennifer Myers in today’s SUN reports on the latest step in the City of Lowell’s effort to redevelop the Smith Baker Center on Merrimack Street near City Hall. Kudos to the SUN for making this Page One news. Her Facebook page has additional comments also. Allen Ginsberg and friends reading…
Read More »Following is an excerpt from the poem “Dearborn Suite” in the collection “News of the World” by Philip Levine (Knopf, 2009). . Dearborn Suite . 1. Middle-aged, supremely bored with his wife, hating his work, unable to sleep, he rises from bed to pace his mansion in slippers and robe,…
Read More »A view from Lee Street: Bon Marché and St Joseph’s Shrine of the Worker — by Tony Sampas
Read More »The Associated Press through many media outlets is reporting that the Denver-based MediaNews Group Inc. is launching a pay wall – digital subscription model – for some content on the websites of 23 of its smaller newspapers in California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Vermont. The digital subscription model doesn’t…
Read More »University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith takes a crack at explaining what is going on with the economy and what Team Obama got wrong in 2009. Read his op-ed piece in the LA Times that I picked up from poet Garrett Hongo on Facebook.
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, financial titan Warren Buffet has some words for the Congressional super-committee as they look for ways to get the nation’s financial house in order. For a start, raise taxes on those people most able to afford to contribute more to the federal pot. He points to the example…
Read More »Another fabulous night at the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park. “Dala” a Canadian folk duo opened for “Red Horse” a folk super group, comprised of Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, and Eliza Gilkyson — photos by Tony Sampas
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