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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey shared her thoughts on our society’s opioid epidemic in yesterday’s Boston Globe (“Cutting off the opioid epidemic at the root”). Despite all the attention devoted to this issue by legislators, public safety officials, and community groups, nothing will change, she wrote, until “we change the…
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Trolley Expansion Dies Quietly For nearly a decade, there has been talk of a greatly expanded trolley system for Lowell. Conceptually, the project would expand the National Park’s existing 1.5 mile trolley system to connect the Gallagher Terminal with downtown and with UMass Lowell campus centers. A consortium of local…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: February 8, 2016 – Monday No sales – snowstorm February 9, 2016 – Tuesday 205 Smith St for $252,400. Prior sale in 1995 for $80,000 19 E. Richardson St for $245,000. Prior sale in 2015 for $160,000 16-18 Ecklund…
Read More »Ammiel Alcalay Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY “‘Follow the Person’ / Out of the Schools & Into the Archives” Tuesday, March 8th at 3:30pm in Allen House UMass Lowell South Campus Please join the UMass Lowell Kerouac Center and Ammiel Alcalay as he discusses Lost & Found: The CUNY…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Remember when it seemed fairly certain that voters in November would have to choose between Clinton and Bush dynasties? Over the last nine months, voter anger and dissatisfaction have laid waste to that aura of inevitability on both sides of the…
Read More »My ability to predict the outcome of elections is as bad as my ability to predict football games. Here’s what I wrote this past Sunday morning: As for tonight’s [Super Bowl] game, I pick the Panthers. Since I’m making predictions, on Tuesday in New Hampshire, I think Donald Trump will…
Read More »Update on Auditor selection process: Councilors have each submitted their top three choices from the resumes/applications, so the next step is to schedule interviews with the three top candidates. The three top candidates are Brian Perry, John Linnehan, and Sheila Rouix. Next Tuesday, the council will pick a future dates…
Read More »Next Initiative for Lowell/Canalway Vitality Community Planning Meeting #1 Thursday, Feb. 11, 5.30 to 7 pm UMass Lowell Innovation Hub 110 Canal Street, 3rd floor Lowell (near Appleton Mills and Mill No. 5) Parking at meters nearby or at Early Garage on Jackson St., two blocks away The purpose of…
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Winter Weather: The Good and the Bad We seemed to have tolerated Friday’s snowstorm pretty well. After a week of long range forecasts predicting that the storm would miss us, by mid-day on Thursday weather-people were rapidly revising their forecasts. The rain began very early on Friday and switched to…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: February 1, 2016 – Monday 24 Maude St for $290,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $300,000 10 Ecklund Dr for $264,900. New construction 88 Roper St Unit D for $180,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $177,000 353 Pawtucket Blvd…
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