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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I hope Les Moonves is happy. The head of CBS said that Donald Trump is great for business.“Donald’s place in this election is a good thing,” Moonves said at a conference Monday in San Francisco. Trump’s circus-like…
Read More »The following is by Vincent Valentine, the founder of The Telephone Museum: If there were a map showing naturally occurring synergies of proximity, Lowell would be a major nexus point for telephony. While Lowell native Charles Glidden is known as an American telephone pioneer and Moses Greely Parker is credited…
Read More »Report on relocation of Dog Park referred to Parks Subcommittee Petition for an easement on Fairview St. [This has been before the council several times before with the council voting against it last year]. The homeowner/petitioner explains that his lot fronts Mansur Street on one side (where it has access)…
Read More »The second planning workshop for Lowell’s Next Initiative/Canalway Vitality is set for Thursday, March 10, 5.30 pm, at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 110 Canal St., in the Hamilton Canal District. Parking will be available in the adjacent lot as well as in the Early Garage on Jackson St. A…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For the past seven years, there’s been a second man in my life. His name? Elias P. Demetracopoulos, hereinafter referred to as Elias. I never met the man, but he figured importantly in our household. My husband, Jim Barron,…
Read More »The Pollard Memorial Library has organized a Local Author Round Up at this year’s Pulp & Press, this Saturday, March 5, from noon to 5 p.m., at Mill No. 5. Local publishers and authors (including me and co-blogger, Paul Marion) will be selling books throughout the event, plus there will…
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Super Tuesday The Presidential Primary election is this coming Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and public schools in Lowell will all be closed for the day (which, since so many schools are polling places, is for student-safety rather than for…
Read More »Real estate sales in Lowell for the past week: February 22, 2016 – Monday 67 19th St for $265,000. Prior sale in 1969 February 23, 2016 – Tuesday 77-79 Livingston Ave for $470,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $385,000 52 Lawrence Dr Unit M507 for $225,000. Prior sale in 2008…
Read More »Public hearing on rezoning along Pawtucket Blvd for benefit of Hamil Automotive, a longtime, family-owned business, presented on behalf of the business by Atty George Eliades. Sounds like a preliminary proposal was rejected by the planning board. Proponent wants to make its case to city’s DPD and to the city…
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