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South Common at Risk. Here we go again.
I am surprised this topic is back in play. So, what’s the thinking by those who want to put a new high school on the South Common? Are they saying to themselves that it will be no problem to blow up that useless empty lot where there are not many…
Read More »Mend it, don’t end it, and call it Trumpcare by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Was it 50 or 60 times the GOP has voted to end Obamacare? With an incoming President who has called the law “a disaster,” the oft-repeated move can now become reality, and the Republicans own it. But their…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: January 8, 2017
New City of Lowell Website Congratulations to all involved in the launch of the new city of Lowell website. It has a great look with plenty of pictures. It also has a responsive design which means it automatically rearranges itself to better fit the screen of your tablet or cell…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of January 2, 2017
The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: January 2, 2017 – Monday Holiday – no sales January 3, 2017 – Tuesday 29 Chase St for $140,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $92,500 66 Sixth Ave for $132,488. Prior sale in 1989 for $155,000 97 Hildreth St Unit…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: January 3, 2017
Forty-eight hours late, but here is my report on Tuesday’s (relatively) short council meeting: There were a number of reports from the city manager in response to council motions in this week’s packet. There was limited discussion on the reports and several were referred to subcommittees for future meetings. Safe…
Read More »Tough to Take a Walk
Tough to Take a Walk By Mimi Parseghian While reading one of those end of the old year, beginning of the new articles – you know, one of those focusing on finance, career, relationships, health and exercise – I saw an item that I liked: go for a walk outside…
Read More »Lowell Year in Review: 2016
Some observations from the past year Waterways Vitality Project Kicking off with a big meeting at Luna Theater on January 28, 2016 and led by Fred Faust and Paul Marion with great assistance from the city, UMass Lowell, the National Park, and other partners, the Waterways Vitality Project made huge…
Read More »Revisiting 2015
This week, I’ve been posting Year in Review posts. Monday, I combined 2007, 2008, and 2009 into a single post, there is no 2010 article, Tuesday was my 2011 year in review , Wednesday was 2012, Thursday was 2013, yesterday was 2014. Today, the highlights from Lowell in 2015: Lowell…
Read More »Settlements bad; UN Resolution doesn’t help by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Donald Trump’s egregiously right-wing nominee to be ambassador to Israel, his diplomatically challenged bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, may please Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But his nomination doesn’t augur well for growing divisions within the American Jewish community or American-Israeli…
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