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Lowell School Committee meeting: March 16, 2016
Amy Bisson watched the Lowell School Committee meeting last Wednesday night and wrote a full report on her website.
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of March 14, 2016
Here are real estate sales that took place last week in Lowell: March 14, 2016 – Monday 9 Nesmith St Unit 9 for 100,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $200,000 214 Thorndike St Unit 10 for $87,500. Prior sale 2016 foreclosure 491 Dutton St Unit 403 for $260,000. New condominium…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 20, 2016
Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Today This afternoon at 2 p.m. at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, I will give a Moses Greeley Parker Lecture on “The Solon Perkins Flag.” The talk is free and the forecasted snow is not supposed to amount to much, so please…
Read More »Primary Rant
New York, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Oregon, Indiana, Connecticut, Maryland, Arizona, and many other states have not yet held primaries or caucuses for the presidential race, and yet the media experts are in a rush to declare victors on both sides. This is what’s wrong with the approach used every four…
Read More »Parker Lecture this Sunday: The Solon Perkins Flag
This coming Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, Lowell, I will be presenting a Moses Greeley Parker lecture. My topic will be the Solon Perkins flag. Perkins is best known for his service as a Union Cavalry officer in…
Read More »Parker Lecture: Empire of Cotton
Last evening, I joined an overflow crowd at Lowell National Park Visitor Center to hear Harvard history professor Sven Beckert talk about his bestselling book, Empire of Cotton: A Global History (chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2015; also a finalist for…
Read More »First Thursdays Kick-Off with Canal Lights, April 7
Neighborhood Subcommittee goes on the road
The City Council’s Neighborhood Subcommittee took its meeting on the road last night to Temple Emmanuel on West Forrest Street. The gathering was co-hosted by the Highlands Neighborhood Association which meets regularly at the Temple. The Subcommittee, chaired by Dan Rourke with John Leahy and Bill Samaras as members, plans…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 13, 2016
Gun Violence Down Police Chief Bill Taylor was at Tuesday’s city council meeting and shared some good news: gun violence in Lowell was down substantially in 2015 compared to the prior year. Taylor attributed that mostly to the hiring of 20 additional police officers and also to changes in the…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of March 7, 2016
The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: March 7, 2016 – Monday 50 West St for $166,400. Prior sale 2014 tax taking March 8, 2016 – Tuesday 74 Gates St for $262,500. Prior sale in 2010 for $166,500 March 9, 2016 – Wednesday 571-573 Westford St…
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