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One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator Edward Everett – who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State, taught at Harvard University and served as its president – delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National…
Read More »Merrimack Press (whose parent company publishes Merrimack Valley Magazine) has teamed with Mill No. 5 have teamed up to host a monthly author reading and book signing series to take place on Thursday evenings at Mill No. 5. The first event will be tomorrow night (Thursday, November 19, 2015) at…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Our friends in Paris are safe: “shocked, sad, anxious, but safe.” But also angry, en colère. A lot of their children’s friends and school mates were injured; a university friend, 21 years old, is dead. Here at home,…
Read More »Vote to appoint a City Auditor. Councilor Leahy instead moves to repost the position. Councilor Belanger says he supports the motion but says we should emphasize that in addition to the stated salary, it includes a $4500 stipend for being on the retirement board. Councilor Kennedy concurs with these suggestions…
Read More »Last evening (November 16, 2015), the city of Lowell’s Department of Planning and Development held a public meeting at the Senior Center on the Lord Overpass Redevelopment project. More than 100 residents attended. The meeting opened with remarks by City Manager Kevin Murphy, State Senator Eileen Donoghue, and State Representative…
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This coming Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 10 am at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, will be the official launch of my new book, “Lowell: Images of Modern America.” The book uses nearly 200 color photos to tell the story of Lowell from 1950 to the present…
Read More »6 pm at the Lowell Senior Center. Public meeting on the future of the Lord Overpass and vicinity. Please attend.
Read More »From the UMass Lowell University Relations Office: “UMass Lowell will host an open public forum on how to improve the Pawtucket Street corridor — which connects the university campuses and their neighborhoods — on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Moloney Hall at University Crossing, 220 Pawtucket…
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Lord Overpass Public Meeting Tomorrow night at 6 pm at the Senior Center at Broadway and Fletcher, the Lowell Department of Planning and Development will hold a public meeting on the Lord Overpass renovation project. The consultants who are designing the new version of the Overpass will be on hand…
Read More »For those of you interested in who will become Mayor of Lowell for the next two years, here is some history of past Mayoral elections: 1966 – Monday, January 3 – Edward Early – elected unanimously on the first ballot. Sam Pollard, Bob Maguire, John Cox, Richard Howe, Tom Crowley,…
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