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Lowell City Council meeting: January 5, 2016
(Ed Kennedy’s first meeting as mayor; Jim Leary’s first as a city councilor). Joint motion by Mayor Kennedy and Councilor Elliott to support resolution on bill pending in state legislature on natural gas leaks. Registered to speak is State Senator Jamie Eldridge who thanks the council for allowing him to…
Read More »Anti-Trump Rally: 6 p.m. Report
About 200 people rallying in the Free Speech Zone at 5.30 p.m. Happy to see the second shift show up outside the Tsongas. After 45 minutes, frostbite was setting in, so I gladly handed off my piece of the stand-out to the next group. Thousands upon thousands in line from…
Read More »Leftovers: January 4, 2016
Winter is Here Last week’s snow and today’s cold are a reminder that 60 degrees and sunshine are not the norm for winter in New England. The freezing rain on top of a couple of inches of snow created a real clean-up mess. I’ve never minded the cold although as…
Read More »Some headlines for 2016 by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Each year, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial page editor Tom Waseleski prepares for the New Year an aspirational list of headlines. Each year, I shamelessly borrow the idea and herewith present my own suggestions, with precious little expectation that we will see…
Read More »Lowell Year in Review: 2015
Rather than a week in review, today we have a year in review. Here are some of the memorable events from 2015. Snow – The record amount of snow that fell in January and February was the biggest story of the year. For the winter of 2014-15, Lowell received 111…
Read More »Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I saw the new Star Wars movie yesterday at the Lowell Cinema. The Force Awakens is a very good movie, well worth seeing. This is the seventh movie in the Star Wars series although you don’t need to know that to enjoy this film. If you are old enough to…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of December 28, 2015
The following Lowell properties were sold last week: December 28, 2015 – Monday 138 West Forest St for $310,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $180,000 64 Jewett St for $90,000. Prior sale in 1980 21 Blossom St for $202,500. Prior sale in 1976 309 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 4 for $105,000.…
Read More »‘The Ball’ in ‘Lowell’s Cathedral’ Is an Instant Tradition
Rosemary and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the sold-out New Year’s Eve celebration organized by the ever-active Made in Lowell group led by Tobi Marx and his team. At least 350 people converged on the majestic stone “cathedral” that was once St Jean Baptiste church (also Nuestra…
Read More »UMass Lowell Statement on Donald Trump Event
UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney released the following statement today regarding the January 4, 2016 event for Donald Trump at the University’s Tsongas Center. The Tsongas Center’s professional management company has rented the facility to the Donald Trump campaign for an event on Monday, Jan. 4. The university is not…
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