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Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, there will be a panel discussion on Lowell Walks and how walking, waterways, natural places, and great stories can improve the quality of life for everyone in a city like Lowell. I’ll serve as moderator and Bob…
Read More »Motions taken out of order: By Councilor Rourke. Request city council name the intersection of Fox and East 6th St after the Cullen family for their generations of service in the United States military. Passed. Presentation by Architect of Judicial Center. Ground breaking for new courthouse will be on September…
Read More »Web photo courtesy of rocktumbler.com Online videos illustrate the results when plain-looking stones slowly turn in a rock tumbler with a mixture of special grit and a liquid solution. After 30 days of continuous tumbling, the agate, quartz, and jasper mineral specimens come out looking glassy and gleamy and so…
Read More »By Mimi Parseghian Last Thursday, Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson was asked on MSNBC, “What would you do about Aleppo?” He blanked and stumbled and answered, “What is Aleppo?” That whole day both corporate media and social media criticized him for “lack of knowledge on foreign policy” and of course…
Read More »Primary Election In case you missed it, the state primary election took place this past Thursday. 4,896 of the 62,453 registered voters in Lowell showed up. That’s 7.84 percent. The major contested race in Lowell was in the 18th Middlesex State Representative District. Rady Mom was renominated with 1,072 votes;…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: September 5, 2016 – Monday Labor Day – no sales September 6, 2016 – Tuesday 126 Smith Street for $268,800. Prior sale in 2009 for $224,900 95 Florence Ave for $313,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $369,000 46 Mt…
Read More »I waited a long time before writing about 9/11, not because I didn’t want to but because I could not find the right words. I had composed a short, oblique poem called “The Cut” that delved into the way Nature tends to heal itself when it can, the way tree…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. By all accounts, the City of Boston should be proud of the relationship between its men and women in blue and the community. Police Commissioner William Evans, a consummate professional, not only “gets it,” but he authentically cares about…
Read More »Today is primary election day in Massachusetts. Polls are open from 7 am until 8 pm. To find out where to vote and to see the ballot you will receive at the polling place, visit Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s “Find my election information” page. In the meantime, the following…
Read More »By Mimi Parseghian On Tuesday night, the Lowell City Council took steps to attract more Lowell residents to run for municipal office. The Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Charter Changes and Elections met to discuss three Council motions that pertained to local elections. The three-member Sub-Committee, Councilors Jim Leary, Bill Samaras and…
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