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There’s always a Lowell connection, right? Farewell, David Bowie, rock star, pop star, culture star, endlessly inventive artist. When I heard the news today, I was reminded of a story told to me by Lowell singer-songwriter extraordinaire Bob Martin. He was breaking into the music business in the early 1970s,…
Read More »Random observations leftover from last week: Temperature Swings and Tires – Yesterday’s 57 degree high temperature provided quite a contrast to the 5 degrees at 6 a.m. on Tuesday with a stiff wind from the northwest. The tires on my car didn’t like it: the dashboard sensor read “Low Tire…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Brilliant Irish satirist Jonathan Swift was said to have loved individuals but loathed mankind. Specifically, he wrote, “I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.” In that…
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Donald Trump Rally Last night I finished reading Foreign Correspondent: A Memoir by H.D.S. Greenway who wrote for Time, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe in a career that spanned five decades. Greenway’s specialty was reporting from war zones and he visited plenty of them, from Vietnam to Afghanistan.…
Read More »The following sales of real estate took place in Lowell last week: Lowell Real Estate: 2016 January 4, 2016 – Monday no sales January 5, 2016 – Tuesday 100-102 Aiken Ave for $247,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $180,000 January 6, 2016 – Wednesday 200 Market St Unit 3101 for…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. The following exchange occurred during a public hearing for a proposed affordable housing development in Chelmsford. Someone asked whether any units would be reserved for the elderly. Reasonable question, but the answer was no.…
Read More »Around 1996, there was a lot of activity flowing from an idea about transforming Lowell into “The Flowering City,” with a new effort to enhance the parks, forest, waterways, gardens. The thinking was that the community was ready to shift its attention from 20 years of bricks-and-mortar rehab and redevelopment…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) always eager to talk presidential and local politics, strategies and grassroots efforts – will meet tomorrow ~ Saturday January 9, 2016 at 8:00am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday January 9, 2016 at 8:00 AM…
Read More »As the final year of President Barack Obama’s presidency kicks off, here is one of what will be many retrospectives. Edel Rodriguez wrote this for Politico Magazine. President Barack Obama (whitehouse.gov)
Read More »Amy Bisson watched all 25 minutes of last night’s Lowell School Committee meeting, the first of the new session, and shared her notes from the meeting and her excellent analysis of the issues discussed on her website. Please check it out.
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