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Neighborhood Subcommittee goes on the road
The City Council’s Neighborhood Subcommittee took its meeting on the road last night to Temple Emmanuel on West Forrest Street. The gathering was co-hosted by the Highlands Neighborhood Association which meets regularly at the Temple. The Subcommittee, chaired by Dan Rourke with John Leahy and Bill Samaras as members, plans…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 13, 2016
Gun Violence Down Police Chief Bill Taylor was at Tuesday’s city council meeting and shared some good news: gun violence in Lowell was down substantially in 2015 compared to the prior year. Taylor attributed that mostly to the hiring of 20 additional police officers and also to changes in the…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of March 7, 2016
The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: March 7, 2016 – Monday 50 West St for $166,400. Prior sale 2014 tax taking March 8, 2016 – Tuesday 74 Gates St for $262,500. Prior sale in 2010 for $166,500 March 9, 2016 – Wednesday 571-573 Westford St…
Read More »President Obama’s World View
Jeffrey Goldberg in “The Atlantic” magazine’s new issue has an extraordinary and fascinating long article about President Barack Obama’s view of the world. It’s the most in-depth exploration of the President’s foreign-policy ideas and values that I’ve read in his two terms. For its length and complexity, the publication of…
Read More »Hillary is her own worst enemy by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Lincoln/Douglas it was not. Last night’s Hillary Clinton/Bernie Sanders face-off in Florida was substantive but problematic. The debate was feisty, often angry, occasionally misleading but, like the one in Flint, Michigan the week before, on a much higher…
Read More »The Republican Brand of Civic Dysfunction
It’s been a while since I’ve dragged over a link from my daily reading on the web, but this piece from the Brookings think tank by Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann seems to me to be spot on about what has corroded America’s civic culture. Here’s the link so you…
Read More »April 7 Kick-Off for First Thursdays Downtown Series
Canal Vitality Project: Community Planning Workshop #2
If you are interested in the new Canal Vitality Project in Lowell that has been in the news, join us for the second community planning workshop this Thursday, March 10, 5.30 to 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 110 Canal Street, in the Hamilton Canal District. Parking is…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: March 8, 2016
Election of City Auditor. Bryan Perry elected by 7 to 2 vote (with Councilors Mercier and Elliott voting for John Linnehan). Council then appoints for a three year period and to set the salary in accordance with an existing salary grid for administrators (approximately $96,000 per year). Report that gun…
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