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This September 27, 1966 editorial from the Lowell Sun reminds us that fifty years ago, requiring the city manager to do the job full-time was both novel and controversial: At tonight’s City Council meeting a motion will be presented which specifically spells out one of the basic requirements of the…
Read More »From Tony Sampas . . . “One of many groups of “Pokémon Go” players wandering the Lowell night with their smart phones seeking “digital creatures, which appear overlaid on the real world.”
Read More »My father collected stamps most of his life. Below is an item called a First Day Cover, which can be a card or an envelope with a postal cancellation mark on the day the stamp was released to the public. This one is from 1962, the stamp issued in connection…
Read More »Vote – The council authorized the city manager to enter into an agreement with Barbara Poole, a local artist, which will allow her to install sheer fabric panes of various colors in the openings of the brick wall of the former Appleton Mills building that runs along the Pawtucket Canal…
Read More »This past Saturday, Sean Thibodeau, the Coordinator of Community Planning at the Pollard Memorial Library, led a Lowell Walk on Literary Lowell. Sean told some great stories about writers who were from Lowell, visited Lowell, or wrote about Lowell. Throughout the tour, participants asked for a list of the works…
Read More »Heirloom lily from the zealous gardener Elizabeth Nesmith in the backyard garden contributed by Richard Marion, who rescued the plant from a greenhouse site that closed down a few years ago. We have another one from the 1940s that has three buds and should bloom later this week.—PM
Read More »This photo from Tony Sampas is a reminder of the cool and cloudy July weekend that just passed:
Read More »As our July weather heats up later this week and as we await the start of Democratic and GOP conventions, look for a heat-up on the Merrimack Valley campaign front. The presumptive Democratic nominee for President Hillary Clinton has a big event planned for Portsmouth NH on Tuesday. Expect many…
Read More »Local Development Roundup: It was a relatively quiet week in local political news so let’s take a quick look at the status of some of the major development projects in the city: Hamilton Canal District: There have been a few positive developments for the Hamilton Canal District including the selection…
Read More »Here are real estate sales in Lowell during the past two weeks: Week of June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016 – Monday490 Central St for $360,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $225,0002410 Skyline Drive Unit 12 for $135,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $115,00030 Damon St for $235,000. Prior sale…
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