Lowell

Re-Use of Lowell High Buildings The road to the yellow brick condominiums on Kirk Street hit a few bumps at last week’s council meeting. For months we’ve heard about the upscale residences and their wealthy occupants that will occupy the current Lowell High buildings once the students and staff are…

History as It Happens: Citizen Bloggers in Lowell, Mass. If you have become caught up in the controversy swirling around the site selection process for a new Lowell High School and want to learn more about the politics of the past decade that have brought us to this point, make…

Observations on the Lowell High Debate By Fred Faust Dick Howe expressed the view that Lowell’s social and economic life lies in the values of being a city and not trying to be a suburban wannabe. The city versus the suburbs was a frequent debate point in last evening’s debate,…

Lowell City Council Meeting: June 20, 2017 Vote – Approve a preferred site for Lowell High School. 64 speakers registered to speak. [Resident speakers began at 6:45 pm. They seemed about evenly divided between Cawley and Downtown Option 3. The public input portion of the meeting ended at 10:58]. Mayor…

The City as a Classroom The City as a Classroom. That’s what Pat Mogan used to say. In the late 1990s, I interviewed Dr. Mogan several times to prepare for an LTC program which gave me some first-hand exposure into how he thought about Lowell. Mogan was a lifelong educator,…

Here is the statement on the Lowell High siting decision that city council candidate Vesna Nuon recently posted on his website: Statement on Lowell High School Vote By Vesna Nuon As a leader within the Southeast Asian community, as someone who cares deeply about this city, and as a father…

Councilor Corey Belanger released the following statement yesterday on the Lowell High site decision. He gave me permission to post it here: From City Councilor Corey Belanger: My statement to the citizens of Lowell regarding the location of Lowell High School First and foremost, I wish Councilor Samaras a quick…

Today I received an email from Greta Wilensky, a 2016 graduate of Lowell High, who I’ve met through her involvement in the FreeVerse! Poetry group. Greta has been active in the Lowell High site selection debate and asked if I would publish on this site something she had written on…

Councilor Dan Rourke gave me permission to post his statement on the Lowell High vote. He released the statement on Monday, June 12, 2017, in anticipation of taking the vote the next evening. That vote was postponed for a week and will be taken up next Tuesday, June 20, 2017.…

Note: Councilor Samaras was hospitalized last evening and is unable to be at this meeting. Consequently, the site selection vote on the new Lowell High School has been postponed from this evening. Communication from City Manager on upcoming Hamilton Canal event. June 21, 2017, DPD has organized a “targeted promotional…