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Marijuana Sales Start Saturday Next Saturday, March 9, 2019, is scheduled to be the grand opening of the city’s first retail marijuana facility, Patriot Care, at 70 Industrial Ave East, just beyond the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel that is adjacent to the Lowell Connector. At this past Tuesday’s city council…
Read More »Starting last fall, my blogger-colleague Paul Marion began posting updates on local writers and poets who Paul found were doing “interesting and substantial things” with their work. That effort has yielded 22 writer profiles and has reminded us of others who should be included on the roster and introduced us…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Remember how folks despaired that the Democrats had “no bench?” As it turns out, there is significant strength in the cluster of presidential candidates coming forward. I don’t just say that because Donald Trump has lowered the bar…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on politics and current events this week: The Working City Initiative, a Lowell, collective impact partnership working with all residents and business owners to improve the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, in partnership with Lowell Telemedia Corporation (LTC), Lowell’s local access television, are translating the City…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo Forbes Shock, disgust, schadenfreude, anger and pity for the mighty one who has fallen due to his own flawed character. Shock, because I still remember the Bob and Myra Kraft who lived modestly in Newton decades ago,…
Read More »ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK Minutes of City Council Meeting February 14th, for acceptance. AUDITOR BUSINESS Vote-Reappoint Bryan Perry to the position of City Auditor. (Cont. from February 14, 2019). Mayor Samaras says a month ago he asked for a report from the auditor on what the Lowell…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian preview tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: Although the City Council has been on a two-week hiatus, the agenda is relatively light in the number of items but heavier in content. There is a motion introduced by Councilor Vesna Nuon and Councilor Ed Kennedy that will help expand…
Read More »Blue Ribbon Committee Friday’s Lowell Sun had a report about the School Committee’s Wednesday night discussion of the process to be used to select a new superintendent of schools (“Will board members sit on supt. screening committee?” by Elizabeth Dobbins). Much of the focus seemed to be on the composition…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on politics and current events this week: Among the many unique and significant events that take place Lowell is the Naturalization Ceremony. The event is held a few times a year at Lowell Memorial Auditorium and the latest was last month on January 15th. But…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “She’s just been moved into recovery,” the nurse told the obviously concerned husband of the patient. “She came through it well,” she added reassuringly. “I think you should know that her first words after coming out of the…
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