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Here is the statement on the Lowell High siting decision that city council candidate Vesna Nuon recently posted on his website: Statement on Lowell High School Vote By Vesna Nuon As a leader within the Southeast Asian community, as someone who cares deeply about this city, and as a father…
Read More »Councilor Corey Belanger released the following statement yesterday on the Lowell High site decision. He gave me permission to post it here: From City Councilor Corey Belanger: My statement to the citizens of Lowell regarding the location of Lowell High School First and foremost, I wish Councilor Samaras a quick…
Read More »Today I received an email from Greta Wilensky, a 2016 graduate of Lowell High, who I’ve met through her involvement in the FreeVerse! Poetry group. Greta has been active in the Lowell High site selection debate and asked if I would publish on this site something she had written on…
Read More »Councilor Dan Rourke gave me permission to post his statement on the Lowell High vote. He released the statement on Monday, June 12, 2017, in anticipation of taking the vote the next evening. That vote was postponed for a week and will be taken up next Tuesday, June 20, 2017.…
Read More »Note: Councilor Samaras was hospitalized last evening and is unable to be at this meeting. Consequently, the site selection vote on the new Lowell High School has been postponed from this evening. Communication from City Manager on upcoming Hamilton Canal event. June 21, 2017, DPD has organized a “targeted promotional…
Read More »City Councilor Bill Samaras shared the following statement on tonight’s vote on the Lowell High site selection: Statement on Lowell High School Vote by Councilor William Samaras The Lowell City Council has been tasked with one of the most important decisions it has faced in many years—the future of Lowell…
Read More »This is the eleventh 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: June 11, 1917 – Monday – Lowell Soldiers Home for…
Read More »Lowell High vote This coming Wednesday morning, most people in the city, especially the nine city councilors, will be glad that the vote on the new Lowell High School is over, no matter what the result. In the nearly fifty years that I’ve followed Lowell politics, this is the most…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan, and State Senator Eileen M. Donoghue have jointly released the following statement about the selection of the site of a new Lowell High School. Downtown Site is Most Appropriate Choice By Niki Tsongas, Marty Meehan & Eileen Donoghue As public servants…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Majorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’ve written often that college students need to hear more, not fewer controversial points of view, that they need to learn how to function in the marketplace of ideas. That’s what college is all about and how kids…
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