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I will post updates on the wild and cultivated things around my house this spring and summer in the spirit of the “Flowering City” concept of our community. These are my notes from yesterday when the morning air was cooler than today.—PM The air still has a chill in it…
Read More »April 23, 2016 – 10 a.m. – SPECIAL TOUR Urban Renewal and UMass Lowell East Campus with Bob Forrant The Northern Canal Urban Renewal Project of the 1960s tore down the long-established Little Canada neighborhood and the Merrimack Mill complex to make way for new industry that never came. Today,…
Read More »Special joint meeting of city council and school committee begins at 6:15 pm to brief the two bodies on the status of Lowell High School project. City Manager Murphy explains that is the biggest project in the history of the city of Lowell. The city has selected its project manager…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Storm clouds gathered over Serengeti, New York. The weaver birds and bee-eaters stopped their day’s work and gathered nervously in the limbs of the acacia trees. Even the flamingos out on Lake Nakuru stopped their soaring flight and…
Read More »About ten years ago, there was an annual program called “Be a Tourist in Your Own Town” organized by the Lowell Historic Board, Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor Bureau, National Park Service, and others. It was a franchise-type operation like the various “First Night” celebrations around the country. I…
Read More »Apartments on Wellman Street Councilors Bill Samaras and Jim Leary had similar motions on the council agenda last Tuesday (full report on Tuesday’s meeting HERE). Both wanted reports from the city manager on the benefits of residential versus commercial use at Connector Park, the location of the large parcel at…
Read More »April 4, 2016 – Monday 20 Rockdale Ave for $111,000. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 34 Newhall St Unit 101 for $91,500. Prior sale 2016 foreclosure 73-79 Varney St for $125,000. Prior sale in 2016 for $60,000 54 West St for $265,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $251,000 April 5, 2016…
Read More »Today, Saturday April 9, 2016 at 1 pm, the Lowell Historical Society will host a “story-sharing” and book signing of the recently published “Lowell Irish” with author David McKean. The event will take place at St. Patrick’s Church, 284 Suffolk Street, Lowell MA. Attendees will also enjoy a guided tour of…
Read More »There’s no such thing as bad weather; there’s only bad clothing. (Anonymous). Tomorrow night (April 7, 2016) I will lead a walking tour of a portion of the Lowell Canal system as part of Downtown Lowell First Thursdays. The tour will begin at 6 pm at Lowell National Park Visitor…
Read More »Due to a forecast of a 100 percent chance of rain tomorrow, Thursday, April 7, the Lowell Heritage Partnership cancelled the planned special lighting display at the Lower Locks canal complex in connection with the opening of the Downtown Lowell First Thursdays art and business series. Related activities by Middlesex…
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