My view from the visitor’s gallery/EM Kennedy Institute for the US Senate A few thoughts about Marty Meehan’s rise from a Lowell neighborhood kid to becoming President of the University of Massachusetts… I’ve known Marty since he was fifteen years old … while we haven’t always run in the…
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Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court judge struck down two anti-panhandling ordinances enacted by the city of Worcester. The two ordinances sought to ban “aggressive panhandling” and “panhandling from traffic islands”. The ostensible reason for both ordinances was to protect public safety but the record (mostly minutes of Worcester…
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This entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tom Brady, who can execute with finesse virtually any move a quarterback could dream of, apparently can’t make the most basic of all moves, standing up and taking a position against domestic abuse. Asked in his weekly…
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Genealogist Walter Hickey has long wanted and worked hard for years to have these Lowell Police Court Naturalization records available for informational and research purposes. In partnership with LowellIrish, the links to search these records are now available on-line. Along with his research in Lowell Irish History, the history of…
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Vote authorizing City Manager to execute Massachusetts School Building Authority feasibility study agreement relative to Lowell High School. CM Murphy explains that on November 18 at the MSBA meeting the city is expected to be “invited in” to the feasibility study process which is 3 months earlier than had been…
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Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate consulting firm, previously was an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. He shares the following essay: This is another entry in a series about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things including…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The future lies ahead, but which candidate will embrace it? I want to share some analysis laid out this week at The New England Council. That venerable business organization has, with bipartisan support, lobbied for years for practical solutions to…
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City Election Voters opted to stay the course on Tuesday, reelecting all incumbents on the ballot including eight city councilors and two school committee members. Even those elected already had connections with city government: Jim Leary, the new city councilor, was an incumbent school committee member; three of the four…
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Some facts about last week’s city of Lowell election: Registered Voters in Lowell: 59,265 Number who voted on Tuesday; 10,714 Turnout percent: 18.1% Average council votes cast per ballot: 6.0 Average school committee votes per ballot: 3.7 Precinct with highest per ballot CC vote: 9-1 (6.8 votes) Precinct with lowest…
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Massachusetts law requires a lender who intends to foreclose a mortgage to first publish a Notice of Mortgagee’s Sale in the legal notices section of a newspaper once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the auction sale of the property. The following notices were published this week. The…
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