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The following properties sold in Lowell last week: May 11, 2015 – Monday 33 2nd Ave for $160,000. Prior sale in 1998 for $102,200 165-181 Market St Unit 2 for $139,900. Prior sale in 2011 for $102,500 47 Aiken Ave for $400,000. Prior sale in 1955 May 12, 2015 –…
Read More »“The Imari porcelain vase, standing over 5 feet high, was made in Arita Japan, by the artisan Kanzo. It was believed to be the largest porcelain specimen produced in Japan, and was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in 1893, the Pan American Exposition in 1901, and later at the Paris…
Read More »Tonight’s UMass Lowell pre-commencement awards ceremonies and celebrations were full of nostalgia as Chancellor Marty Meehan presides over his last UML Commencement. It marks the end of yet one phase of the Marty Meehan saga and his soon to begin role as President of the University of Massachusetts system. It…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet tomorrow ~ Saturday morning May 16, 2015 at 8:00am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday May 16, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte. 110…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. I long ago gave up my belief in the Easter bunny. (The rabbits who regularly destroy my garden took care of that.) Santa Claus is a relic of a decades-past childhood. But now,…
Read More »My blogging colleague Dick posted the list of guided walks on Saturdays this summer. Rosemary and I are leading a walk that will take in the highlights of the Lowell Public Art Collection, one of them being Ellen Rothenberg’s multi-piece sculpture at Lucy Larcom Park. For this artwork, one design…
Read More »There is a full slate of activities in Lowell this coming weekend. Here are some of them: Lowell Cemetery: Walking tours of Lowell Cemetery will take place on Friday, May 15 at 1 pm and on Saturday, May 16 at 10 am. These tours begin at the Lawrence Street Gate,…
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Lowell Walks is a series of guided walking tours of downtown Lowell on Saturday mornings throughout the summer. Each tour has a different topic led by a different tour guide. All tours begin at 10:00 A.M. from the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street in Lowell.…
Read More »Reappointment of Michael Geary to a term of three years as City Clerk. Council takes up report of Personnel Committee, chaired by Councilor Kennedy who states the committee agreed by a majority vote that the Clerk’s salary should be increased but he states that since two councilors are not present…
Read More »Here’s another news story about a fabulously wealthy donor giving a ton of money to a fabulously wealthy institution. A Wall Street titan and alumnus of Yale University, Stephen A. Schwarzman, contributed $150 million for a performing arts center that will be fashioned out of a set of extraordinary buildings on the campus. In reporting…
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