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During the month of March the life, work and the memory of iconic Lowell writer Jack Kerouac is celebrated. Readings, musical tributes, discussions and walking the loop help commemorate the March 12 (1922) birthday of Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac. From the archive ~ Kerouac logs 2500 words toward finish of his first…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. So Benjamin Netanyahu shamelessly and successfully pandered to Israeli right-wing voters in Tuesday’s election. A politician playing to base emotions and lying to get elected, then changing positions again. How unusual. The hard Right is pleased by his…
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A New High School for Lowell? The Lowell Public Schools deserve some attention this Sunday. This coming Wednesday at 10 am, the Massachusetts School Building Authority will formally invite the city of Lowell to something called the “MSBA’s Eligibility Period.” According to the MSBA’s website, being invited to the Eligibility…
Read More »March 16, 2015 – Monday 277-283 East Merrimack St for $255,000. Prior sale 1991 foreclosure 303-305 East Merrimack St for $345,000. Prior sale 1991 foreclosure 200 Market St Unit 620 for $215,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $210,000 100 Hanks St for $370,000. Prior sale in 1991 282 Salem St…
Read More »With the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon in late April 1975 getting near, the media reports and conversation in our own city are turning more often to that awful time in Southeast Asia. The suffering all around was immense. I was in my junior year at the then-University…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former Governor Deval Patrick seems to have caught on that the optics of his $7500 per day pay (plus expenses) for serving as a globe-trotting ambassador for Boston2024’s summer Olympics proposal might not play in some future bid for the Presidency or even…
Read More »With the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War rapidly approaching, frequent contributor Jim Peters has been digging into the newspaper archives at the Pollard Library and will be writing about what was going on in this city has the war wound down to its end in…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet tomorrow – Saturday morning – March 21, 2015 at 8am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday March 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte.…
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The Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG) is one of 13 statutorily-created regional transportation agencies in Massachusetts. Member communities of NMCOG are Lowell, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, and Westford. Its headquarters is at 40 Church St, Suite 200 in Lowell and its executive director is Beverly Woods. …
Read More »All councilors present at start of meeting despite it being St. Patrick’s Day. BUDGET – FY16 budget update from City Manager. First of many reports. Predicated on department head “wish lists” which will be trimmed down by fiscal realities. In response to Councilor Milinazzo question, Manager concedes that the city’s…
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