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Tomorrow at 10 am kicks off the all-new Lowell Walks summer walking tours of downtown Lowell with Preservation Success Stories led by Fred Faust. Fred has invited several building owners and Charles Parrott, the Lowell National Park’s Historical Architect, will join him. There will be some great stories shared on…
Read More »Back on January 1st I shared some memories of past New Year’s. Most were pleasant memories; one was not. That concerned the murder of Dr. Hugh Mahoney, his wife, and their 14-year old son in their Tewksbury home late in evening of December 31, 1975. Here’s the portion of my…
Read More »I tuned in after the meeting had commenced. Councilors are questioning Police Chief Taylor now. Councilors seem to concur that the proposed budget is a responsible one that is has no fat in it and therefore has nothing that demands to be cut. They observe that much of the items…
Read More »Congratulations to yesterday’s groundbreaking by Middlesex Community College of the Boston & Maine Railroad Depot restoration project. I was not able to attend so MCC’s Pat Cook kindly sent some observations about the project and the event, along with some superb photos by Kevin Harkins. The following is by Pat…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares some of his thoughts today: I have not meandered in awhile, so I thought that this might be a good thing to do. I have noticed that my books keep getting older, and while that does not make them useless, it does create in some…
Read More »Years from now when someone is writing the history of Lowell in the twenty-first century, the week of May 23, 2015 will stand out. I’m serious. Consider the following issues that were all addressed by the City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting: Hamilton Canal District With last week’s news that…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell during the past week: May 25, 2015 – Monday Memorial Day May 26, 2015 – Tuesday 1215 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 33 for $130,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $100,000 170 Wilder St for $205,127. Prior sale in 2015 for $140,000 219…
Read More »Here is another article on Lowell in the American Civil War by Jim Peters: There is a book, called the “Illustrated History of Lowell, Mass.” which was published two centuries ago. In it are stories of Lowell’s efforts to become what Niki Tsongas once called “the Center of the Universe.”…
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