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Lowell Walks Thanks to Dave Ouellette for a great tour yesterday in the final Summertime Lowell Walk of 2015. He led the 105 people in attendance up Moody Street, to the Armand Mercier Center on Salem Street, to Decatur Way, and finished inside St. Jeanne Baptiste Church. Along the way,…
Read More »The following properties sold in Lowell last week: September 7, 2015 – Monday Labor Day September 8, 2015 – Tuesday 56-58 Crowley St for $275,500. Prior sale in 2000 for $120,000 68 Park Ave East for $270,000. Prior sale in 1983 26 Douglas Rd for $450,000. Prior sale in 2015…
Read More »A photo and post from Amy Bisson (received last night): There is something about this little park, off to the side of the Lowell’s Downtown bustle that reminds me of Carré St. Louis on Montréal’s Plateau. The layout of the park benches and the garden borders are similar; sadly, though,…
Read More »Earlier today on Facebook, Chath Piersath, a writer, poet, teacher, activist, and artist (and farmer in the region), posted a ringing statement about his optimism as a man in America. Chath has contributed to this blog in the past, so I asked him if I could reprint his thoughts here.…
Read More »The memories of the Kennedys are touched today on this anniversary of the wedding of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The couple was married in 1953 in historic St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island in a ceremony presided over by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The…
Read More »September 11, 2001 seems so recent to me but fourteen years is a long time. For instance, someone just four years old on that day is now a freshman in college. Through the years, we’ve written a number of blog posts about 9/11. I’ve compiled links to some of them…
Read More »This morning I attended the Inaugural Lowell House, Inc. “Celebrating Recovery” Breakfast at the UML/Inn & Conference Center. The nearly 400 attendees heard Lowell House CEO Bill Garr and from both Governor Charlie Baker and Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Monica Bharel. Garr made it clear that the Lowell…
Read More »Today we reach into the archive to remember Edith Nourse Rogers who until last year held the record as the longest serving member of Congress. Respected by both sides of the aisle, Mrs. Rogers served the Fifth District with a focus on her constituents particularly the Veterans. This seat (now…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) back from a summer break, anticipating the Mass Dems convention next week and eager to talk politics – will meet this coming Saturday morning September 12, 2015 at 8:00am/SHARP in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Please note this is earlier in…
Read More »Amy Bisson shares some observations from her walk in downtown Lowell yesterday: This short path forms a connection between Riverwalk Way and the Lawrence Dam/Lawrence Wasteway. On one side are the Renaissance on the River buildings (formerly Lawrence Manufacturing) and on the other, Perkins Residences/Lofts. What was surprising was the number of…
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