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Mill No. 5 Farm Market
Mill No. 5 is a happening place on a late Sunday morning! Today, the band at the Farm Market was the Brown Boot Boys. The Farm Market is open Sundays from 10-2 and is a great destination walk.
Read More »October Sunset in the Acre
SISSON AND SLATER: GROWING MILL CITY GROWS
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. Feel…
Read More »Boott Mills, Full Moon
Amy Bisson sent some photos and commentary last week that I’m just now getting around to posting. Thanks, Amy! Last night (September 28), more than a few people were out watching the lunar eclipse unfold. More than a few times a jet or plane raced across the sky as the full…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: October 4, 2015
Lord Overpass The City Council’s Transportation Subcommittee meets this Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at 5:30 pm at the City Council chambers of Lowell City Hall to discuss the Lord Overpass Renovation Project. The committee chair is Councilor Milinazzo and the members are Councilors Martin and Leahy. At a previous meeting…
Read More »Falchuk tries non-Trump solution to disenchantment with parties by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No news here: People are increasingly fed up with Washington, with the political parties and with politicians. Three quarters of the American people disapprove of Congress, and the favorability rating of that august body ranges from 14 percent to…
Read More »Cambodia Town/Lower Highlands tour tomorrow
Lowell Walks resumes tomorrow with a guided walking tour of the lower Highlands/Cambodia Town. The tour begins at Roberto Clemente Park at 10 am and will be conducted rain or shine. It is free and lasts 90 minutes. The tour will be led by me (Dick Howe) and Paul Ratha…
Read More »Bus Stop, French Street
Where I grew up, in the cornfields of Ohio, most of us took a bus to school because we lived too far from school to walk. One or more of my siblings always waited with those of us from the neighborhood who were gathered at the bus stop waiting for…
Read More »“Putting a Premium on the Future” by John Edward
John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. Assume you had $50,000 to invest. Option 1 is to put the money toward your child’s college education. Option 2 is to renovate your house. Which would you choose? When evaluating choices, decision makers…
Read More »America’s First Architect ~ H. H. Richardson
The beautiful pair of buildings – the City Hall and the Pollard Memorial Library – that anchor the intersect of Merrimack Street/Dutton Streets/Monument Square and up to Cardinal O’Connell Parkway represent a monumental style of architecture known as Richardsonian Romanesque. These buildings are the hub of much important civic and…
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