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I’m encouraged by the evidence of civic activism around different interests in Lowell. Almost overnight, a group emerged with shared interest in the upcoming design changes around the Lord Overpass and Thorndike-Dutton corridor. For a while now there’s been a coalition of folks who care about bike-riding and how the…
Read More »It is still freakin’ cold out there, so I’m posting another Caribbean composition from the vault.—PM . Hibiscus Lane 1. One nimble gecko scaling a mosquito net remains the only lizard we’ve seen in a week on the island whose old name, Hewanorra, means “where the iguana is found.” Purple…
Read More »Nancy Pitkin is a regular contributor to richardhowe.com. She attended the Massachusetts State Senate’s “Listening Session” in Lawrence recently and submitted the following report: On Monday, February 23, 2015 we attended the Massachusetts State Senators “Listening Session” in Lawrence. It was the fourth of eight state wide forums being held…
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Tonight I attended the Lowell City Council Transportation Subcommittee meeting on the Lord Overpass project. In attendance were six or seven representatives of VHB, the engineering firm hired by the state to oversee this project. Also in attendance were more than 30 Lowell residents, most representing groups or constituencies with…
Read More »In the early 2000s, my family was fortunate enough to visit the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean Sea for several Februarys in a row. This morning, I was looking for something to post that would transport readers out of the Lowell snow zone for a few minutes.—PM .…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Forty years ago, Italian postal workers faced a backlog of 20 million pieces of mail following a series of strikes. Unlike London, which faced a similar problem and simply took a couple of weeks to eliminate the backlog,…
Read More »Sponsored by the Lowell Irish Cultural Committee In collaboration with: The City of Lowell, the Lowell Cultural Council, Lowell Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 19, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1, Lowell National Historical Park, United Teen Equality Center, Lowell Police Department, WCAP 980 AM and 106.3 FRANK FM,…
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Snowy Roofs On the roof it’s peaceful as can be And there the world below can’t bother me Last week it was ice dams; this week it’s unstable roofs. With the forecasters calling for our current storm to end with heavy, wet snow or even rain, many Lowell residents took…
Read More »This blog has History in the subtitle. Lowell history is always part of the larger narrative nationwide and in the world. We all know that, but sometimes it’s preferable to push aside the misery and chaos and stupidity from beyond the Merrimack Valley that shows up in our news feeds.…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: Feb 16, 2015 – Monday President’s Day – no sales Feb 17, 2015 – Tuesday 510 Varnum Ave for $240,187. Prior sale in 1968 Feb 18, 2015 – Wednesday 341 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 23 for $90,600. Prior sale in…
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