Lowell

Campaign Reception Tomorrow night (Monday, June 11, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm) is my re-election campaign reception at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, 50 Warren Street, Lowell. Donations in any amount are welcome but not necessary. Please stop by if you can. Happy Birthday, Lowell National Historical…

Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on the past week in Lowell: June is a hectic month in Lowell.  There are so many public social, cultural and educational activities planned.  However, municipal government will slow down now that the summer schedule has begun. The City Council meetings will take place every…

Tomorrow (June 9, 2018) the summertime downtown Lowell walking season begins with Forty Years of Preservation with Lowell NHP. The tour begins at 10am from the Visitor Center (246 Market Street). Christine Bruins, the Lowell National Historical Park’s planner will lead the tour. Along the way, she’ll be joined by guest…

UPDATE: Tonight at 6:30 pm there will be a public meeting of the Lowell City Council’s Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Election Laws at the Dr. An Wang School, 365 West Meadow Road in Lowell. The purpose of this meeting is to hear the opinions of residents about the city’s form of…

Democratic State Convention The Massachusetts State Democratic Convention was held Friday night and yesterday at the DCU Center in Worcester. In a gubernatorial election year like this one, the purpose of the convention is twofold: To nominate Democratic candidates for statewide office, and to endorse one of those candidates for…

Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on past week in Lowell politics: The FY 2019 Lowell City Budget  is on line.  This year’s edition has 682 pages, the largest ever.  With the ability to use software that presents graphs, tables, side bars, images as well as eye-catching and easy to read…

Memorial Day This morning the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will host its annual Memorial Day Remembrance Service. The first part of the event begins at 10 am at the Ladd and Whitney Monument in front of City Hall. There, the roll of local veterans who have died in the past…

Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on past week in Lowell politics: By now most of us have read about the disturbance last week in City Council chambers which prevented the Environmental and Flood Issues Sub-Committee from meeting.  The aftermath of the public discussion focused solely on the protestors and their…

The Changing Housing Market The Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce held its 23rd Annual Municipal Breakfast on Tuesday at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. The event featured remarks from Chelmsford Town Manager Paul Cohen, Billerica Town Manager John Curran, Dracut Town Manager James Duggan, Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, Tewksbury…

Lowell Round-Up is a new column in which Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on the week in Lowell politics. In the future, this column will appear on Friday mornings. There seems to be a lack of general interest in the three major contested elections this fall. Quite often candidates in…