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Boarding House Park
Amy Bisson took advantage of yesterday’s mild temperatures to linger at Boarding House Park. She shares her thoughts and the photo below: Yesterday’s spectacular late-October weather inspired a walk later in the evening. The normally cool temperatures of Autumn had been pushed away for a day and the moon was…
Read More »Film Screening Tonight At MCC
Tonight at 7 pm, Middlesex Community College will hold a free screening of “The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor,” a documentary on one of the most well-known survivors of the Cambodian genocide, Dr. Haing Ngor, the principal character in the Academy Award winning film, The Killing Fields. The…
Read More »Mass State Senate Citizens Legislative Seminar
This week good friend Paul Sweeney attended the Massachusetts State Senate’s Citizens Legislative Seminar. He reports that it was a great experience and was kind enough to compose a report about it which he shares with us here: I recently attended the 75th class of the Citizens Legislative Seminar. You…
Read More »Report from Oct 21, 2015 Lowell School Committee meeting
Amy Bisson has taken on the task of watching Lowell School Committee meetings and reporting on their highlights complete with her own commentary and supplemental material. Please check out her post on last night’s meeting.
Read More »Pawtucket Prism
Photos by Tony Sampas. Pawtucket Prism is one of Lowell’s public art pieces. It overlooks the Concord River and the Pawtucket Canal and is located alongside the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
Read More »UMass Lowell Veterans’ Services Legacy Ball
The Office of Veterans Services will hold its Fifth Annual Legacy Ball on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6 pm at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center. Tickets are $75 ($40 for student veterans) and they can be purchased online. The full name of the event is Legacy Ball…
Read More »Dr. Hugh, Ruth & John Mahoney Tribute
More than 200 people gathered last evening at the Tewksbury Country Club for an evening of remembrance of Dr. Hugh Mahoney, his wife Ruth, and their son John, who were murdered by burglars in their Tewksbury home on New Year’s Eve of 1975. The event was organized by the couple’s…
Read More »Lowell Walks Retrospective
On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 6:30 pm at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, I will be hosting a Lowell Walks Retrospective. The purpose of this event is to review the very successful Lowell Walks program of this summer and to begin planning for our 2016 Lowell…
Read More »Lowell City Council meeting: October 20, 2015
City Manager gives an update on Hamilton Canal RFQ. The city received three strong proposals. One is by a consortium led by Winn Companies. Winn is teaming with Anchor Line Properties which owns Cross Point, to serve as master developer. Two other proposals for specific lots were also received. One…
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