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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: November 9, 2015 – Monday 70 Austin St Unit 10 for $135,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $125,000 108 Roper St Unit E for $150,000. Prior sale in 1990 for $80,000 322 Rogers St for $268,000. Prior sale in 2002…
The latest from regular contributor Jim Peters: One of my good friends told me the other day that he could not read my blogs sometimes because they were so full of history and notes on historical facts. So, I promised him a new Meanderings. Here it is. I…