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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.
Read More »Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the benefits of having two high schools in Lowell: I was emailing my friend Cliff Krieger who commented that he was one of the minority who wanted two high schools. I thought about it, and was spurred on by a passing remark from a…
Read More »Vincent Valentine, founder of The Telephone Museum, shares another story about the early days of the telephone in Lowell: Charles Glidden and his brother Clark were struck with amazement at how adolescent boys can wreak havoc simply for the sake of wreaking havoc, no matter what the strict rules were…
Read More »(Ed Kennedy’s first meeting as mayor; Jim Leary’s first as a city councilor). Joint motion by Mayor Kennedy and Councilor Elliott to support resolution on bill pending in state legislature on natural gas leaks. Registered to speak is State Senator Jamie Eldridge who thanks the council for allowing him to…
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