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This Saturday from noon until 2 pm at the Eliot Presbyterian Church, 273 Summer Street, Lowell, Lura Smith will host a “Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving” featuring an all star cast of singers and musicians. The suggested donation is $20. All proceeds will be used to help the homeless and to…

During the city council debate on the panhandling ordinance a couple of weeks ago, one member of the public who spoke against the ordinance said he felt more threatened by all the students who congregate in downtown after school than be did by any panhandlers. In response to that comment,…

November 11, 2013 – Monday Veteran’s Day November 12, 2013 – Tuesday 883 Westford St for $49,000. Prior sale in 1967 36 Fulton St for $77,000. Prior sale in 1997 for $43,500 45 Atlantic St for $259,900. Prior sale in 1952 November 13, 2013 – Wednesday 53 S. Loring St…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The talking heads are calling this year’s snafus in the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act Obama’s Katrina, likening it to the FEMA debacle in responding to the deadly 2005 hurricane that wasted Louisiana.  I think the handling of…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Still-a-state rep Marty Walsh appeared yesterday on Channel Five’s On the Record. The candidate who, in debates and interviews, was unprepossessing at best, often awkward with rhetoric trending banal, is looking more and more mayoral. His presentation was…

Here are the real estate sales in Lowell for the past week. For several months now, most of the houses being sold fall into one of three categories: (1) the seller has owned the place for decades and presumably has little or no mortgage debt; (2) the property is being…