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With no city council meeting on the Fourth of July holiday, this was a quiet week in Lowell politics. It was also the halfway point of 2015. This week I’ll take a step back and take a broader view on two fronts: the upcoming city election and the Lowell real…
Read More »At the end of the afternoon yesterday, there were more than 100 people enjoying the South Common—dozens of kids swimming in the blue pool, more young people running in races, small children at the playground, basketball players on the court, older health-walkers from Bishop Markham Village, people taking their big…
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Two weeks ago saw three different million dollar plus real estate deals in Lowell (Markley Group/Prince Spaghetti; Lowell Community Charter Public School/Mill No. 5; UTEC/Central, Prescott & Warren Streets). This week there was one deal of that scale: an apartment building at the corner of Stevens Street and Princeton Boulevard…
Read More »Tomorrow morning at 10 am the fourth edition of Lowell Walks will kick off from the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. The tour is Literary Lowell and the Pollard Memorial Library. It will be led by Sean Thibodeau, the library’s Coordinator of Community Planning. The tour…
Read More »If you are downtown in the next three days and want to talk to an expert about community empowerment, grassroots organizing, neighborhood dynamics, coalition building, and all the good things that make for a competent, healthy, and just society where you live, just look for one of the 660 community…
Read More »It doesn’t take much sometimes. It’s uplifting to see how much people appreciate a positive gesture, no matter what size. In addition to spreading a layer of loam and re-seeding the sports field at the South Common, the good folks at City Hall brought in a pavement company to resurface…
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Lowell Walks – Lowell High We had another successful Lowell Walks tour yesterday: “Inside Lowell High School” led by Headmaster Brian Martin. 88 people joined the tour which began at the National Park Visitor Center and then moved on to Kirk Street, entering the building at the doorway under the…
Read More »Tomorrow – Saturday, June 20, 2015 – is the Inside Lowell High School guided tour, part of the Lowell Walks summertime series. Meet at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street at 10 am to meet our tour guide, Lowell High Headmaster Brian Martin. The tour is free…
Read More »Reaching back into the archive ~ While later today we will remember the 150th anniversary of the dedication of Lowell’s Ladd and Whitney Monument, we will also remember that today June 17 is “Bunker Hill Day” ~ Bunker Hill Day marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, also known…
Read More »Lowell Walks/Public Art by Rosemary Noon At the invitation of Dick Howe, my husband, Paul, and I led a group of 110 people on a 90-minute tour of the Lowell Public Art Collection this past Saturday morning. It was the second installment in the Lowell Walks series for the summer.…
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