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I always welcome the new year as a time for fresh starts whether it be personal goals like working out or eating better or communal objectives like increasing voter turnout or making the city more walkable. Celebrating the actual passage of one year to the next – midnight on New…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2009: It was a busy year in Lowell politics, so I won’t limit myself to just ten items. Here is my…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2008: The Lowell School Committee hired Dr. Chris Scott to follow Dr. Karla Brooks Baehr as Superintendent of Schools. The future…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2007: Marty Meehan resigns from Congress to become Chancellor of UMass Lowell. Niki Tsongas wins Democratic primary in Congressional special election,…
Read More »Over the weekend there was some discussion on Facebook about some mayoral history. Here’s a guide to those men and women who have served as the city’s mayor since 1966 with a synopsis of the mayoral election and a list of the councilors who served during that term: 1966 –…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’m not Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, or Joyce Kulhawik, and I don’t pretend to be. But this is a heavy season for movie going, with the industry trying to distribute its best in anticipation of the next round of…
Read More »On this final weekend of 2014, here are my top ten Lowell political events of the year (in no particular order). They are followed by some other noteworthy public occurrences during this past year. So here they are: Top Ten Lowell Political Events of 2014 At its inaugural ceremony in…
Read More »The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: December 22, 2014 – Monday 164-166 Crawford St for $224,500. Prior sale in 1956 72 D St for $227,000. Prior sale in 2002 for $194,900 12-14 & 16-18 Gardner Ave for $575,000. 12-14 Gardner in 2000 for $155,000; 16-18 Gardner…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters offers the following about St Patrick’s Church in Lowell: I believed that this would be an easy assignment. I mean, a great deal has been written on St. Patrick’s Church, right? So it cannot be that difficult to catalogue it in a chronologically correct way. Was…
Read More »For those who celebrate the spiritual event and holyday that for us is Christmas – we do so without restraint on our person, our beliefs, our rituals… the secular and civic revelries of Christmas time ~ the music, gift giving, parties, food, song, symbols and salutes thrive as well…. here…
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