Lowell Folk Festival “Here we are dealing with living traditions. We know that the urge to preserve is based on the fact that we know the things that we are passing on have value, and we want to hold on to them. So we try to build continuity and to…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Will Hillary Clinton get the post-convention bump she needs to reassure even her anxious supporters and would-be donors that she can win in November? Tonight will determine that. Days one through three have set the table, but they won’t necessarily matter…
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In response to a friend’s Facebook posting about a photo of candidate Trump’s family of great white hunters with their big-game safari trophies, I added a few thoughts (expanded here) about what this Trump thing means, if we even know what it means.—PM Where are we headed? Or have we…
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Regarding the report on the new garage for the Hamilton Canal District and whether he is alarmed by the slippage of the construction date, Manager Murphy says that it will take some additional time for the MassWorks grant to bring the infrastructure to the site for the new garage and…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Stock market and share prices are near record highs. At the same time, Republicans and Democrats alike bemoan a sluggish recovery that has left too many behind. As delegates gather in Philadelphia this week, I wonder how…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Bernie Sanders has been saying for eight months that the Democratic National Committee rigged the primary system. He also has long said that, in the interest of fair play, DNC Chair Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz should…
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Art along Pawtucket Canal Local artist Barbara Poole, working with a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council and with support from other community partners, recently received permission from the city council to install colored fabric in the openings of a brick wall remnant that lines the Pawtucket Canal in the…
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A proposal by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to widen Nesmith Street (Rte 38) at several places calls for the removal of a number of trees that line the sidewalk alongside Kittredge Park. Citizens will have the opportunity to hear more about this plan and to share their thought…
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The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: July 18, 2016 – Monday 394 High St for $312,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $325,000 74 Wollaston St for $361,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $250,100 11 Holyrood St for $448,000. Prior sale in 1997 for $180,000 75…
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