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Brussels attack plays into Trump by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The enter below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron. Secure the checkpoints. Close the borders. Keep all Muslims out. Is anyone surprised to hear such calls from Donald Trump? The unspeakable horrors of the terrorist bombings today in Brussels strikes fear in all our hearts. We’re coming up on…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: March 22, 2016
Motion Responses: Intersection of Princeton Blv and Baldwin St – it’s a state responsibility; the state had no plans to do anything, so the city’s inquiry has prompted them to look at ways to improve it. Councilor Mercier asks about the property at that corner. Manager Murphy says he met…
Read More »Community Preservation Awards Nominations
Here’s the link for the 2016 nominations for Community Preservation Awards offered by Lowell National Historical Park in collaboration with the Lowell Heritage Partnership. The deadline is April 8. Categories are Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation. The awards are presented in a classy ceremony during the week of the Doors…
Read More »Neighborhood meeting on Wellman St project
The Highlands Neighborhood Association will host a meeting on Monday, March 28th, 2016 at 7:00pm at 59 Lowe’s Way – 2nd Floor. The purpose of this meeting is to review a proposal by Connector Park Equity Partners LLC to construct 240 apartments with 498 parking spaces in an attached garage…
Read More »Lowell School Committee meeting: March 16, 2016
Amy Bisson watched the Lowell School Committee meeting last Wednesday night and wrote a full report on her website.
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of March 14, 2016
Here are real estate sales that took place last week in Lowell: March 14, 2016 – Monday 9 Nesmith St Unit 9 for 100,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $200,000 214 Thorndike St Unit 10 for $87,500. Prior sale 2016 foreclosure 491 Dutton St Unit 403 for $260,000. New condominium…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 20, 2016
Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Today This afternoon at 2 p.m. at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, I will give a Moses Greeley Parker Lecture on “The Solon Perkins Flag.” The talk is free and the forecasted snow is not supposed to amount to much, so please…
Read More »Primary Rant
New York, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Oregon, Indiana, Connecticut, Maryland, Arizona, and many other states have not yet held primaries or caucuses for the presidential race, and yet the media experts are in a rush to declare victors on both sides. This is what’s wrong with the approach used every four…
Read More »Parker Lecture this Sunday: The Solon Perkins Flag
This coming Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, Lowell, I will be presenting a Moses Greeley Parker lecture. My topic will be the Solon Perkins flag. Perkins is best known for his service as a Union Cavalry officer in…
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