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The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: Feb 9, 2015 – Monday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 10, 2015 – Tuesday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 11, 2015 – Wednesday 240 Jackson St Unit 625 for $160,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 373 Aien Ave Unit 9 for…
Read More »The shame of the result in the court case about the future of the Pawtucket Falls Dam is the lack of trade-off and balancing of interests in the court’s decision. Enel is already generating green energy and making money on the hydro-power system, otherwise they would not be operating in…
Read More »University Orchestra to Perform Free Concert for Valentine’s Day Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Compositions that convey a sense of triumph and world travel will be the focus of the University Orchestra’s annual, free Valentine’s Day concert for the public. Under the direction of UMass Lowell music faculty member Mark Latham, the ensemble…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. In Mumbai, train service was once so slow passengers rioted and burned train stations. In Bangkok, a one-way commute can take four hours. Manila’s public transport relies on Jeepneys, modeled on WW II jeeps and hazardous to passenger comfort and safety. But…
Read More »This is a cross-post from LowellIrish where historian Dave McKeon comments about cartoonist Thomas Nast and his apparent ant-Irish and anti-Catholic cartoon attacks. He offers another side of Nast – who by the way wasn’t very fond of Ben Butler and subjected him to the Nast-y cartoon pen. He asks…
Read More »There is much about politics for which Massachusetts is well-known. An infamous historical note rests with Governor Elbridge Gerry and his redistricting method known ever since as “Gerrymandering.” Cartoonists memorialized his efforts in a “Gerrymander” creature that resembled that of a salamander-like monster. From the archive: Infamous “Gerrymander” Made Massachusetts Law ~…
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City Manager gives an update on snow removal costs. January was the snowiest month ever in Lowell. From Jan 21 to Feb 10, about 70 inches of snow fell on Lowell. DPW did a heroic job. The city has 275 miles of streets in addition to schools, city parking lots,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. That shame came to NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams only recently is probably the most surprising news of all. He is the ultimate expression of the celebrity newsperson, overpaid, overdressed, overexposed, over-inclined to be an entertainer all the while asserting a claim…
Read More »People are discussing what’s going to happen with transportation improvements on the Thorndike-Dutton streets corridor because of what they will mean for access to and from the Gallagher transit terminal, around South Common, over to Cambodia Town and Western Avenue Studios, through the Hamilton Canal District, and into the core…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. California is sometimes thought of as la-la land, so it shouldn’t surprise us that it is the epicenter of the irrational parental movement against immunization. The shocking map of the resulting outbreak of measles, a disease virtually eradicated…
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