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Lowell Week in Review: October 2, 2016
Election News The presidential election is just 37 days away, but here in Lowell, we’ll be able to cast our votes in just three weeks, as Early Voting debuts in Massachusetts. Prior to the enactment of this early voting law by the state legislature, you could only vote ahead of…
Read More »“Who Should Homer Simpson Vote For” by John Edward
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. Trump’s success with voters tells an important story about…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate Sales
I’ve started publishing the weekly sales report of Lowell real estate on the Lowell Deeds blog: Sales for this past week are here Sales for the week of September 19 are here
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2nd Annual Dr. Hugh, Ruth & John Mahoney Tribute/Event
The 2nd Annual Dr. Hugh, Ruth & John Mahoney Tribute/Event; Voices Against Violence, will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the Tewksbury Country Club; dinner is form 6 – 7:15 p.m. The Keynote speaker will be Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. Following the Keynote address will be…
Read More »Girl Trumps Boy by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Call it the big Whew! After weeks of shrinking polls numbers for Hillary Clinton and small but steady gains in momentum for Donald Trump, voters were finally able to see them one on one. What they saw…
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September 28, 2016
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Writing about Monday’s presidential debate, Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker nails the whole “Birther” thing in one paragraph in a way that sent a shiver up my spine. He puts the whole thing together with Trump’s down-deep character and temperament. You can read the entire magazine piece here.–PM Yet…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: September 27, 2016
Presentation on Lowell High renovations Manager Murphy explains we’re now in the feasibility stage which will decide the location. Representatives for Skanska (engineers) and Perkins/Eastman (architects) speak to the council. Now, they are documenting the building as it is, while looking at options for future sites. Manager Murphy interjects that…
Read More »Yard & Garden Report: South Common Historic District
Here’s a late season portfolio from the backyard garden that gave us a productive flowery summer. Top to bottom: hibiscus, stonecrop, zinnia, black-eyed susan or coneflower/rudbeckia.—PM
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