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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…
Read More »The Lowell Walks summertime Saturday morning series of guided walks of downtown Lowell begin this Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 10 a.m. from Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. The topic of this week’s tour is the Western Canal which I will lead. The tour will take…
Read More »If you’ve visited expecting the standard report on the city council meeting, sorry to disappoint. I did tune in last night for the special meeting of the council which was intended to provide a mass of information about the various options for Lowell High School. But the information had all…
Read More »The Boys & Girls Club will be inducting its second Hall of Fame Class this year and this Friday, June 9, 2017, is the deadline for nominees. There are a number of nominees already, but the Club want to have as many as possible. The first Hall of Fame induction…
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