Lowell Week in Review: March 28, 2018

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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City Council Preview: March 19, 2018

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting. Due to the cancellation of last week’s meeting, this week’s agenda of the Lowell City Council incorporates new items with those of last week. The first order of business is the report from the City’s CPA firm, Powers & Sullivan. The FY…

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Lowell Week in Review: March 18, 2018

Happy St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is always a big deal in Lowell. I celebrated by joining Dave McKean and Walter Hickey on yesterday morning’s Acre Neighborhood Walking Tour which was part of Irish Cultural Week and also the kickoff of the 2018 Lowell walking tour season. Despite the…

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US Rep. Pelosi & US Sen. Schumer Should Give Up Leadership Roles for the Good of Country and Party

US Rep. Nancy Pelosi and US Sen. Charles Schumer should sacrifice their own ambition to help their nation and party. The success of attorney and former Marine Conor Lamb in this week’s congressional election in southwest Pennsylvania is further evidence of the potential for widespread victory by Democrats in the…

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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Since the evacuation of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852, “women and children first” has been the code of conduct to protect the most helpless among us from impending disaster. Today we look to them not only to…

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City Council Preview: March 12, 2018

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s Lowell City Council agenda is light.  There are only two reports answering previous motions. Motion Responses: A) Street Acceptance List: The three-page report prepared by Nicolás H. Bosonetto, City Engineer is informative and provides data that should be used to…

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