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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A scorpion asks a frog to take it across the river. The frog fears the scorpion will sting him. The scorpion talks a good line, saying that, if he did sting the frog, they’d both drown. So, in…
Read More »Executive Session February 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM Executive Session – Regarding matter of litigation, namely Huot et al v. City of Lowell, public discussion of which could have a detrimental effect on the City’s position. ADJOURNMENT Regular Meeting February 5, 2019 at 6:30 PM ROLL CALL – all present…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo Vox.com As the polar vortex is about to recede, for now, we’re still stupefied by our esteemed President. He, who considers himself the smartest man in the world, recently tweeted, “What the hell is going on with…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting: MOTION RESPONSES Inspection of City Pedestrian Signs Motion (1/15/19) by Councilor K. Cirillo and E. Kenney “Request City Manager have the proper department provide the City Council with a list of all City-owned and state-owned pedestrian crossing signs inspect all City owned…
Read More »Lowell Quarter Release Excitement is building for Wednesday’s launch of the new Lowell quarter. The event begins at 10am (on February 6, 2019) at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium which will be packed with school children and members of the community. Once the formal festivities are over, you can cash in…
Read More »Our far-flung correspondent Down East in Maine sent us a new poem. Tom Sexton of Lowell and Alaska and Maine reports that he gave a poetry reading to a capacity audience at his Atlantic Coast-base in Eastport, the youngest attendee checking in at about 60 years old. I say, You…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I continue to be shocked by the extreme road rage exhibited Friday on the Mass. Pike by Mark Paul Fitzgerald, 37, of Ashland, and Richard Kamrowski, a 65-year-old Framingham man . After a side-swiping encounter, after which SUV…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on Lowell and national politics this week: On Tuesday, the City Council entertained a motion on the “Dangerous Flow of Traffic at the Intersection of First Street, Bradley Street and Route 110.” If you are not familiar with those streets, this is the route that…
Read More »At the blog, we’ve had a great response to the series of updates on writers linked to Lowell and the region. My co-blogger Paul Marion contacted the writers and did the overviews of their activity in the past year as well as hints about what’s forthcoming in 2019. I wanted…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting. A memo on the Free Cash Certification from City Auditor Bryan Perry leads this week’s City Council agenda. Auditor Perry informed the City Council that the Department of Revenue (DOR) has certified “free cash” for the City to be $2,513,634 as…
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