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This coming Saturday is the second edition of our Lowell Walks summertime guided walking tours of downtown Lowell. Beginning at 10 am at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, the tour is free, requires no advance registration, and will be conducted rain or shine. This week’s tour…
Read More »Historic view of the South Common on postcard (courtesy cardcow.com) 100 people of all ages on the South Common at 7 pm. Talk about place-making. These basketball players, dog-walkers, strolling families. blanket-sitters, bike riders, soccer ball kickers, playground kids, circus performers practicing, and others are making the park a…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. The May 17 edition of The Boston Globe reported, “Housing costs a burden to many.” The Globe North article used census data to illustrate how unaffordable housing is in our area. It failed to…
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Lowell Walks kicked off yesterday morning with 81 people gathering at the National Park Visitor Center to be led around downtown by Fred Faust on the Preservation Success Stories tour. Faust, who is the President of The Edge Group, a real estate consulting firm, and was an assistant to US…
Read More »In my Week in Review column last week I endorsed in principal the proposed deal whereby the city would acquire ownership of eight bridges that are now owned by Enel. A friend writing under the pseudonym Hans Hammermill left a thoughtful comment on that post suggesting that the city should…
Read More »Today is the 71st anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, one of the most audacious military operations ever undertaken. In recognition of the event, I’ve reposted below a story I wrote several years ago about D-Day. Includes are some photos from a 2004 family visit to Normandy. The Allied invasion…
Read More »The following properties in Lowell sold last week: June 1, 2015 – Monday 38 Jennifer Rd for $295,000. Prior sale in 1986 311 Pawtucket Blv Unit 23 for $101,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $124,000 337 Totman Rd for $293,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $195,000 53 N. Billerica Rd…
Read More »I want to extend the reach of a letter in today’s SUN written in support of US Rep. Niki Tsongas. Read the letter by Ellen Murphy Meehan here.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. photo NPR President Obama’s proposed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), has me in a quandary. I’ve long held that free trade benefits everyone in the long run. It’s what happens in the short run that can be…
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