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This is the 50th weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago for the past two weeks: March 25, 1918 – Monday – Berlin…
Read More »ROLL CALL MAYOR’S BUSINESS Citation – LFD in recognition of Dennis Moran, Jr. Also, citation to Lowell High Air Force JROTC for multiple first place finishes in drill competition in Dayton, Ohio. Communication – Update regarding Manager Donoghue contract. Will be discussed in Executive Session later tonight. CITY CLERK Minutes…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting. This Tuesday’s City Council meeting should be an historical one. This week’s City Council meeting agenda is short, only one motion response from the Administration and three City Council motions. This will be a transition week as the new City Manager’s contract…
Read More »New City Manager Congratulations to Eileen Donoghue on her selection as Lowell’s seventeenth city manager. After voting for her unanimously on Tuesday night, the council assigned the task for negotiating an employment agreement to Mayor Samaras. This coming Tuesday night, one of the early items on the agenda is a…
Read More »On a bright yellow day in new-minted May, my phys ed class and I are out for a walk. The class is actually called Mind and Motion, with some idea that the two go together. The small urban high school where I teach has no athletic facilities—no courts, no playing…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston Herald photo Every time you renew your driver’s license in Massachusetts you have a chance to say whether you’d donate an organ upon your death. Waiting lists for cadaver transplants can be six to eight years, far…
Read More »MAYOR’S BUSINESS Communication – Selection of City Manager. Motion to select City Manager. Eileen Donoghue selected unanimously. Mayor to meet with Manager-elect Donoghue to negotiate employment terms. Citation – Friends of Council on Aging. Council Mercier introduces the members of the Friends who all receive citations. Motion taken out…
Read More »Notes from Lowell City Council’s interviews with city manager applicants Linda Milsapps, James White and Eileen Donoghue: Linda Millsaps (interview via Skype) Opening Statement: Lifelong public servant and manager of excellent public employees. Undergrad from American University and Masters from Harvard Kennedy School, then Ph.D. from West Virginia. Focused on…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting. This Tuesday’s City Council meeting should be an historical one. All public information indicates that State Senator Eileen Donoghue will be elected as the 17th Lowell City Manager and the first woman to hold that position. In addition to this most significant…
Read More »City Manager Selection This Tuesday night the city council will meet at 5 pm to interview the three finalists for the position of Lowell City Manager. The three applicants are State Senator Eileen Donoghue, MIT assistant dean James White of Marshfield, and Linda Millsaps, the director of a North Carolina…
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