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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is a lightning rod for antipathy to the Democratic Party. And she’s a great fundraising opportunity for Republicans, who are using her possible restoration as Speaker to rally the GOP to keep the…
Read More »The fall tours of historic Lowell Cemetery will take place this weekend. Both tours begin at the Knapp Avenue Gate (77 Knapp Ave, Lowell) and last about 90 minutes. They are free and require no advance registration. The tours (both cover the same content) are: Friday, Sept 28, 2018, at…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s City Council meeting agenda features the First Reading of a major vote of the City Council: A Loan Order/Land Acquisition Bond to borrow $2,600,000 to pay costs to acquire, by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, the following property [75…
Read More »Kinetic Sculpture Race For the third year in a row, yesterday’s Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race was a big success. A kinetic sculpture is an all-terrain, human-powered art sculpture engineered to race over roads, water, mud and sand. The race kicked off shortly after 10:30 am on Market Street with 11…
Read More »Welcoming Week Lowell Congratulations to the organizers of the first-ever Welcoming Week Lowell which kicked off Friday night with a parade of flags that originated at different points around downtown and converged on the front steps of City Hall for a celebration of the city’s immigrant heritage. Events continued yesterday…
Read More »This coming Saturday, September 15, 2018, at 3 pm, I will present a program on “How to Research the History of Your House.” The event is sponsored by the Tyngsborough-Dunstable Historical Society and will be held at the Little Red Schoolhouse which is at 198 Kendall Road (Rte 113) in…
Read More »This evening at 6 pm I’ll present a seminar on the Massachusetts Declaration of Homestead at the Cameron Senior Center, 20 Pleasant Street, Westford. The event is free and open to the public. Recording a Declaration of Homestead at the Registry of Deeds protects your home from creditors. Tonight I’ll…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: With the end of summer, the City Council will pretty soon return to its weekly meeting schedule. This week agenda has a number of reports as well as replies to a number of motions. The City Auditor, Bryan Barry, has a…
Read More »Election Results Here are the results of the contested races from Tuesday’s Primary Election: Third Congressional District Lori Trahan – 18,368 votes (3,861 in Lowell) Dan Koh – 18,316 votes (992 in Lowell) Juana Matias – 12,914 votes (719 in Lowell) Barbara L’Italien – 12,890 votes (599 in Lowell) Rufus…
Read More »Ken Wallace previews this year’s Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni ceremony. The names of the 2018 inductees will be announced early next week. Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni By Kendall Wallace LOWELL—-The city’s high school has certainly gone through a rough couple of years as the community was deeply divided…
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