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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. So, Jill Stein, whose morally smug supporters modestly helped to sink the Clinton campaign, now wants to do recounts in precisely those states where her votes exceeded Trump’s margin over Clinton. For what? To hope she gets fewer…
Read More »Police Department Update Earlier this month (on November 14, 2016), Lowell Police Superintendent Bill Taylor visited the Highlands Neighborhood Group meeting and shared his thoughts on crime and the opioid epidemic. Here is what he had to say: Taylor opened by saying that the police department today is “doing remarkably…
Read More »The following properties sold this week in Lowell (cross-posted from the Lowell Deeds blog): November 21, 2016 – Monday 3-5 Osgood Ave for $324,000. Prior sale in 1974 825 Chelmsford St for $327,500. Prior sale in 1996 for $79,000 43 Seventh St for $135,000. Prior sale in 2013 for…
Read More »City Manager Communications to Council Report on Western Ave ($6mil for a pedestrian crossing) – Councilor Leahy says he is interested in opening Western Ave up to vehicular traffic from Thorndike Street to Western Ave with a grade crossing with crossing gates and lights. Manager Murphy says that Pan Am…
Read More »Lowell and Immigrants By Mimi Parseghian With the election of Donald Trump and the threat of withholding federal funds to states and cities that do not “cooperate,” the issue of “sanctuary cities” has come to the forefront. The words are a misnomer; sanctuary city is a not a legal term.…
Read More »Thanksgiving By Paul Hudon Thanksgiving this year falls on the 24th, the eighth anniversary of the press conference when president-elect Obama announced his nomination of Tim Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Larry Summers as Director of the National Economic Council. And so for me, this Thanksgiving is the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Critics of my blogs may be delighted to know that my operating system was corrupted, and I have been without a computer for two weeks. It was a most peculiar time to be silenced. Hallelujah, the tech crisis is…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society seeks our help in identifying the man depicted in this bust. Any ideas?
Read More »Walkability I often write about walkability. Making Lowell a more walkable city – and getting more people walking, biking, and using public transportation – would yield many benefits. Here are a few: Economic Development Last spring, GE (formerly known as General Electric) stunned many when it announced it was moving…
Read More »This is cross posted from the Lowell Deed blog. Lowell real estate sales during the week of November 14, 2016 November 14, 2016 – Monday 1217 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 58 for $162,300. Prior sale in 2009 for $130,000 26 Kearney Dr for $255,000. Prior sale in 1958 32 Hudson St…
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