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The city’s planning department hit a home run—make that a grand slam—with a radical new concept for the Lord Overpass, unveiled tonight at a public meeting at the Lowell Senior Center. City Manager Kevin Murphy opened the program by saying he felt a little like William Shatner because we were…
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Lord Overpass Public Meeting Tomorrow night at 6 pm at the Senior Center at 276 Broadway, the city will hold its second public meeting on the Lord Overpass renovation project. Here’s the notice about the meeting from the city’s Department of Planning & Development: The City of Lowell is planning…
Read More »The following properties were sold last week: March 21, 2016 – Monday 181 Mt Pleasant St for $309,900. Prior sale in 2006 for $290,000 March 22, 2016 – Tuesday 417-419 Stevens St for $340,000. Prior sale in 2014 for $190,000 41 Dundee St for $315,000. Prior sale in 2013 for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Have you heard the latest? Senate President Mitch McConnell says the 24 Republican Senators who are up for reelection this fall will not vote on anything from now until January 3, 2017, when those elected this November…
Read More »From time to time Lowell Historical Society Curator Ryan Owen gives us a look at a gem from the LHS collection. Here Ryan shares the latest in his post about a nearly forgotten time piece on this blog site “Forgotten New England.” The back of the pocket watch, Lowell Historical Society Collection.
Read More »The enter below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron. Secure the checkpoints. Close the borders. Keep all Muslims out. Is anyone surprised to hear such calls from Donald Trump? The unspeakable horrors of the terrorist bombings today in Brussels strikes fear in all our hearts. We’re coming up on…
Read More »Motion Responses: Intersection of Princeton Blv and Baldwin St – it’s a state responsibility; the state had no plans to do anything, so the city’s inquiry has prompted them to look at ways to improve it. Councilor Mercier asks about the property at that corner. Manager Murphy says he met…
Read More »Here’s the link for the 2016 nominations for Community Preservation Awards offered by Lowell National Historical Park in collaboration with the Lowell Heritage Partnership. The deadline is April 8. Categories are Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation. The awards are presented in a classy ceremony during the week of the Doors…
Read More »The Highlands Neighborhood Association will host a meeting on Monday, March 28th, 2016 at 7:00pm at 59 Lowe’s Way – 2nd Floor. The purpose of this meeting is to review a proposal by Connector Park Equity Partners LLC to construct 240 apartments with 498 parking spaces in an attached garage…
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