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Lowell High School Earlier this week City Manager Murphy relayed information that when the State School Building Assistance Board this March officially releases the names of projects it will undertake, Lowell High School will be on it. The state board will then descend on the city and conduct an assessment…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: January 12, 2015 – Monday 80 Rogers St Unit 205 for $209,900. New condo January 13, 2015 – Tuesday 36 Clare St for $120,000. Prior sale in 2002 for $150,000 101 London St for $216,000. Prior sale in 2001…
Read More »The following comes from Maxine Farkas at Western Ave Studios: This year is the 20th anniversary of Lowell Women’s Week and our theme this year mirrors that of International Women’s Day . . . ‘Equality for Women, is Progress for All’. In thinking about a project for Public Art…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Driving down the Mass Pike the day after Boston was tapped for the 2024 U.S. summer Olympics bid, there on the WGBH electronic billboard, the five Olympic rings logo against our beautiful skyline. A frisson of excitement. Wow;…
Read More »During his 2014 campaign for Lieutenant Governor, Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung had a lot of interesting things to say about what Massachusetts can do to thrive in the innovation economy of the 21st century. While Cheung was unsuccessful in the political arena, he hasn’t stopped talking and thinking about…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. In Paris on Sunday more than 1.3 million people solemnly marched a cold and windy 3.2 kilometers from La Place de la Republique to La Place de la Nation The crowd moved along the symbolically significant Boulevard Voltaire,…
Read More »Any ideas for the reuse of the Smith Baker Center? You have until January 29 to submit your proposal. CITY OF LOWELL – PROPERTY FOR SALE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 412 MERRIMACK STREET The City of Lowell will receive sealed Proposals for the sale and disposition of a certain property located…
Read More »Mayor Elliott and Councilor Mercier are not present (they are visiting Cambodia). Council discussing report on vacancy rates in downtown. Acknowledge that there are challenges beyond the control of the city. For example, the city found a tenant for a large retail space that is vacant but the building owner…
Read More »Patrick Cook, the Executive Director of Public Affairs at Middlesex Community College who blogs for the college as well, shares the following from MCC: The New Year promises to bring quite a few changes to the Lowell and Bedford campuses of Middlesex Community College, with President Carole Cowan retiring after…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The late Governor Mario Cuomo, a stirring orator, told the once significant The New Republic in 1985, “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose” In a clear break from his predecessor Deval Patrick, Governor Charlie Baker may…
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