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This is the fourth is what will be an occasional series of bulletins about the cultivated and wild things on my property in the South Common Historic District, upland from Hale’s or River Meadow Brook and the Concord River, just at the edge of the industrial core of the city.…
Read More »Rourke Bridge: Councilor Belanger reports that the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments and the member communities of NMCOG are all lobbying the state to raise the priority of a Rourke Bridge replacement. He also warns that the initial feasibility study is several years old and that if the follow-on environmental…
Read More »After the Transgender Anti-Discrimination Resolution Last Tuesday’s motion by Councilor Rodney Elliott that the council “vote to adopt a resolution to oppose the transgender bill adopted by the State Senate, which allows access to women’s bathrooms and locker rooms” drew a large crowd and many speakers to the city council…
Read More »This is a big weekend for walking tours in Lowell. On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1 pm, I will lead a 90-minute walking tour of Lowell Cemetery. The tour will begin at the Lawrence Street gate. Many of the stops and stories this year are brand new to these…
Read More »Congratulations to everyone at Do-It-Yourself Lowell for the excellent downtown Lowell history trail they launched this weekend. The group’s website says this about the trail: IDEA: A short trail, marked with temporary paint, signs, or another design method that reaches from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum to the NPS Visitor…
Read More »I’m posting this for Marie due to technical difficulties out the Rte. 133 way. — PM Last Thursday evening, Lowell National Historical Park and its community partner the Lowell Heritage Partnership hosted a reception to honor some who have contributed to the preservation of not only the “built environment” but…
Read More »Upcoming Council Meeting The Finance Subcommittee will meet Tuesday night at 530pm to discuss the April year-to-date report on the FY16 city budget and also to discuss proposed FY17 sewer rates, which will include an increase that will be used to pay back money borrowed from the federal government for…
Read More »This is the third post in what I expect will be irregular updates on the progress of cultivated and wild things on my family’s property in the South Common Historic District.–PM The past two weeks have been hectic at home because my wife, Rosemary, broke her right wrist, and our…
Read More »Urban Renewal Symposium Yesterday the Lawrence History Center presented a symposium on Urban Renewal at the Everett Mill in Lawrence. The program title was “Reclaiming Urban Renewal: Community Efforts and Impacts in Lawrence, Massachusetts and other Industrial Cities.” UMass Lowell history professor Bob Forrant, who is on the board of…
Read More »For Lowell residents, the city has long been defined by its neighborhoods. Where did you grow up? Where do you live? Those are questions answered not with street names, but with neighborhood names. But the names of the city’s respective neighborhoods, the location of their boundaries, and even how many…
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