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This is the 40th 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 this week: January 14, 1918 – Monday – American liner sunk. US…
Read More »Mayor asks for a suspension of the rules to take up a matter related to Abandoned Housing. City Manager Murphy explains that the city’s SWAT team (representatives from all city departments) did a tour last summer of lower Centerville. They noted many vacant and abandoned properties. Attorney General Maura Healey…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Just when you thought Donald Trump had already taken the Presidency as low as it could go, he asked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries coming here?” Our esteemed President, according to credible reports,…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian provides this preview of tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council Meeting This week’s extensive agenda offers a glimpse into what may be an area of concentration for the 2018 – 2019 Lowell City Council. I am referring to City Councilwoman Karen Cirillo’s five motions. I appreciate it when an…
Read More »Climate Resiliency I really enjoyed the 50 degree temperatures we had on Friday, even with the rain. Two weeks of sub-freezing and often sub-zero weather was tough to take. I didn’t mind the 12 inches of snow we picked up a week ago Thursday, but the image from that storm…
Read More »Through the years, writers on this blog have taken up the subject of Place as a way to talk about what it means to feel part of a community. The term “sense of place” is familiar to most of us, but that feeling is intangible and sometimes difficult to…
Read More »This is the 39th 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 this week: January 7, 1918 – Monday – Draft law constitutional. Supreme…
Read More »Mayor Samaras requests suspension of rules so that City Manager may address response to recent snowstorm. Manager Murphy says DPW did a tremendous job in a tough storm. Says he walked around downtown today. The parking and sidewalks looked good. However, he suggests a presentation at next week’s meeting by…
Read More »Tomorrow night (Wednesday, Jan 10, from 7 to 9 pm), I will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Merrimack River Watershed Council. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Navigation Brewing Co. at 122 Western Ave in Lowell (inside…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The stock market is up “very, very big today” and the “tax cuts are really kicking in far beyond what anyone thought,” President Trump said last week, making an illogical cause-and-effect connection between the two. He also touted…
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