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Last night, students from the UMass Lowell Honors College First-Year Seminar in all things Lowell went on the road in Kerouac’s Lowell. I teach one section of the 22 sections of this required course in the Honors College. Nearly 400 students are learning about Lowell in a directed way this…
Read More »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…
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CBA Gorham Street Apartments Congratulations to Coalition for a Better Acre which held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its Gorham Street Apartments on Thursday. I was sure to attend because I’ve felt connected to this project from the day it started, mostly because it is right across the street from…
Read More »Amy Bisson shared this photo and post with us yesterday: About a year ago, there was a rumor that this section of the Riverwalk was to be completed. What seems to be missing are the railings, but there are possibly other structural features needed to make this section of the…
Read More »September 14, 2015 – Monday 1431 Pawtucket Blvd Unit B-20 for $194,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $165,000 67 5th Ave for $199,000. Prior sale in 1963 42 Rockingham Ave for $318,500. Prior sale in 2010 for $253,000 97 Durant St for $251,300. Prior sale in 2011 for $212,175 September…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Would Donald Trump tone down his junior high school playground bombast? Or, for that matter, would he say anything substantive in response to a policy question? Would Jeb Bush show some “cojones” in confronting Trump? Would Carly Fiorina…
Read More »At Tuesday’s Lowell Sun Salute to Women event, the three award recipients who addressed the crowd were all excellent and inspirational. The remarks of one of them, Bopha Malone, were especially moving and profound. Bopha kindly shared them with me for posting here: [remarks by Bopha Malone] – Over the…
Read More »Joe Hungler, the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, sent along some information about a Club Reunion that’s coming up on Thursday, October 1, 2015: The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, formerly the Lowell Boys Club, is having a Club Reunion on Thursday,…
Read More »The Boston Globe yesterday carried a story about the difficulties being encountered in erecting a statue in Boston honoring Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass later escaped to freedom and became one of America’s foremost abolitionists in the years before, during, and after the Civil War. Writing on…
Read More »Here’s a press release that I received yesterday from Vesna Nuon, a candidate for Lowell City Council: PRESS RELEASE VESNA NUON FOR CITY COUNCIL September 15, 2015 (Lowell, MA) Attending a fundraiser for Lowell City Council candidate Vesna Nuon, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas complimented Nuon for his previous community service and…
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