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Artist Michio Ihara of Concord, Mass., is in the city this week with his team working on the renewal of his “Pawtucket Prism” sculpture at the Lower Locks canal complex overlooking the Concord River and Pawtucket Canal, right by the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Here are some in-progress…
Read More »Concord River Greenway Walk This Saturday is the final Lowell Walk of 2016. It will be led by Jane Calvin, the Executive Director of Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, and it will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 15 2016, at the Lawrence Street gate of Lowell Cemetery. Park…
Read More »Mayor Kennedy introduces and thanks the Michael Roundy and Bianca Morrow, the organizers of this year’s very successful Lowell Kinetic Sculpture race. City Auditor explains report on Charter School funding which was included in city council packet. (see my report on that report in Sunday’s Week in Review post). Councilor…
Read More »“Gone Lowell” will be a series of photos from Tony Sampas of things in Lowell that are no longer standing. We start with the Club De Citoyens-American, 619 Market St. Demolished in August, 2015.
Read More »On Thursday, October 6, 2016, former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich joined Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash at UMass Lowell for the inaugural Community Teamwork Inc. “Community Conversation.” I included Ash’s comments in my Week in Review post, and promised to write separately about Reich,…
Read More »Charter School Cost to Lowell A few weeks ago, Mayor Ed Kennedy requested the City Auditor provide an analysis of the financial impact of Charter Schools on the city. This week’s City Council packet contains that report. It explains that the state charges Lowell based on a complex formula for…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. This is the seventh in a series of columns he has written on economics and the presidential election. Links to his earlier posts may be found at the end of this column. There are many things to consider in deciding whom…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Last night’s video of Donald Trump, showing lewd behavior, coarse language, gutter-level attitude toward women and boasts of Bill Cosby-like predatory actions, shows nothing new about this extreme misogynist. Perhaps the video shocks because it so starkly portrays his fundamental character…
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