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Digging into election results Last week I reported the statewide/district wide results for all races on the Lowell ballot for the November 6, 2018 state election including the total vote each candidate received in Lowell. Since then, I have obtained the precinct-by-precinct vote in all races. Rather than list all…
Read More »ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK Minutes of City Council Meeting November 6th, for acceptance. Vote-Cancel Council Meetings 11.27.18, 12.25.18 and 1.1.19 – meetings cancelled. AUDITOR BUSINESS – Communication – FY19 Budget Report YTD (September). – Councilor Elliott asks several questions about certain items such as Workers’ Comp which…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: Back to business now that the election season is over. The Lowell City Council agenda for this week once again has an item regarding the lawsuit against the City to establish neighborhood representation to select the City Council instead of the…
Read More »Bob Hodge grew up in Lowell and went on to graduate from Lowell High (1973) and University of Lowell (1990). He was (and still is) one the greatest runners to come out of this region. He’s also a writer, having previously shared stories with us about his experiences with road…
Read More »Veterans Day Happy Veterans Day to all who served in the military forces of the United States. The Greater Lowell Veterans Council will hold its annual Veterans Day services at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium at 11 am today. All are invited to attend. Today is also the 100th anniversary of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For two years, those turned off by Donald Trump and Republicans’ acquiescence to him have strategized to take back the House of Representatives and even, against great odds, the Senate. A great many worked to make that happen,…
Read More »Thanks to everyone who voted for me for Middlesex North Register of Deeds. With nine of the ten towns reporting their results, I am winning by a margin of 72% to 28%. Here are the town-by-town results: Billerica Howe – 10,765 (71%) Cassella – 4,347 (29%) Carlisle [UPDATED] Howe –…
Read More »The Lowell Sun endorsed my re-election as Register of Deeds in today’s edition: Howe for Register of Deeds Between Richard P. Howe, who has headed the North Middlesex Registry of Deeds since 1994, and Karen Cassella, a documents clerk who’s worked there since 1992, this pair of rivals for the…
Read More »This Saturday, November 3, 2018, the city of Lowell will celebrate the 200th birthday of Ben Butler, the iconic Civil War general and politician from Lowell. The big event begins on Saturday at 3 pm at Lowell High’s Burgoyne Theater (within the Freshmen Academy with entrance on John Street between…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting: The City Council agenda was posted on the City’s website at 11:30 Friday morning with a major item that I did not expect. Motion (8.4) from Councilor R. Elliott “Request City Manager have City Solicitor prepare proper vote to change election of…
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