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Lowell Walks will do two separate evening tours next week: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Lowell Community Health Center, 161 Jackson Street as part of the JAMBRAREE celebration. This tour will be of the Jackson, Middlesex and Appleton Street district. The tour will be co-led by me…
Read More »Following Lowell politics is a chore; understanding Lowell politics is even tougher. In last Sunday’s Week in Review post, I touched upon some of the political forces in the city and how they manifested themselves in the City Council’s debate on the State Senate’s Transgender Anti-Discrimination Bill. It’s a topic…
Read More »Rourke Bridge: Councilor Belanger reports that the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments and the member communities of NMCOG are all lobbying the state to raise the priority of a Rourke Bridge replacement. He also warns that the initial feasibility study is several years old and that if the follow-on environmental…
Read More »This is the second of a series of columns by John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election. The first column, “The 100 Percent,” appeared on May 16, 2016. Here is the simple formula for “making America great again.”…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Gonzalo Gallegos Polls make it clear that the American public is way ahead of Congress in supporting normalization of relations and reopening trade with Cuba. But positive numbers from several polls don’t mean that the normalization process will be easy or fast. That…
Read More »The following sales of real estate in Lowell took place last week: May 16, 2016 – Monday 9 Adie Way for $179,900. New construction 179 University Ave for $186,400. Prior sale in 1995 for $84,500 44 Boylston Ln Unit 44 for $215,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $154,600 234-240 University…
Read More »After the Transgender Anti-Discrimination Resolution Last Tuesday’s motion by Councilor Rodney Elliott that the council “vote to adopt a resolution to oppose the transgender bill adopted by the State Senate, which allows access to women’s bathrooms and locker rooms” drew a large crowd and many speakers to the city council…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Bernie Sanders deserves credit for putting issues of economic inequities, Wall Street greed, Citizens United distortions, and the self-serving Washington establishment on the front burner. His cranky old man persona was even mildly endearing when he was railing…
Read More »Council suspends the rules to take private dormitory presentation and transgender opposition motion out of order. First the dormitory presentation: Manager Murphy opens by saying one of his goals has been to make Lowell more of a college town because college students have a lot of disposal income to spend.…
Read More »This is a big weekend for walking tours in Lowell. On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1 pm, I will lead a 90-minute walking tour of Lowell Cemetery. The tour will begin at the Lawrence Street gate. Many of the stops and stories this year are brand new to these…
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