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This Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 11 am, I will lead a walking tour of Lowell Cemetery. This just-scheduled event will be a combination of the spring and fall tours and will cover some of the most notable monuments in this very historic cemetery. Sunday’s tour will begin at the…
Read More »Mayor’s Business: Letter from School Superintendent that the public schools would have multiple uses for the existing LHS 1922 building and would not deem it to be surplus should the high school move to the Cawley site. Communication placed on file. Motion taken out of order: Samaras – Req. City…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares the following about what’s expected at tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting. I believe that the agenda item 5.1.C under the City Manager’s answer to the motions will probably garner the most discussion and debate. This report is in answer to last week’s motion by Councilor Jim…
Read More »I happened to be at the Kerouac Commemorative public artwork in Kerouac Park at Bridge and French streets yesterday, Jack’s Death Day, where I stopped while guiding a group of 17 arts administration master’s program students from Boston University around Lowell’s historic and cultural district. The flawless blue sky played…
Read More »Urban Planning and Lowell High “Have you ever seen anything like this?” That’s a question repeatedly asked of me lately. It refers to the divisive fight over the location of Lowell High School, of course. My answer is, no, I have not seen anything like this. The fight over whether…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Reading, especially fiction. Listening to music. Attending theater and concerts. Taking courses. Working. Gardening. Connecting with friends and family. All worthy efforts to distract from the havoc that Donald Trump is wreaking upon us. All effective, if temporary,…
Read More »The Friends of Tyler Park will hold its annual Spaghetti Supper Scholarship Fundraiser tonight from 6 to 8 at Mt. Pleasant Golf Club, 141 Staples St, Lowell. Each year, Friends of Tyler Park awards $300 scholarships to deserving students at Lowell High School and Greater Lowell Technical High School. Join…
Read More »Mayor’s Business Councilors thank organizers of Creaticity Festival and Lowell Celebrates Kerouac. Merrimack Valley Food Bank and Angkor Dance Troupe invite councilors to upcoming events. Angkor performance this Friday and Saturday at the Lowell High Irish auditorium. The Food Bank recognizes October as Hunger Homeless Awareness Month. Motion Responses…
Read More »This is the 27th 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: October 15, 1917 – Monday – Du Pont plant blown…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares a detailed look at what’s on the agenda for this Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s Lowell City Council Agenda posted on the City website. It is usually posted on the Friday prior to the Tuesday evening meeting. It not only contains the agenda but the…
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