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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Most of us probably find ourselves somewhere around the center of contemporary political thought, whether it’s to the right of center or left of center. Our movement in elections often determine outcomes, and we’re usually out of touch with…
Read More »Congratulations to Enterprise Bank for another wonderful Celebration of Excellence event last night at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Congratulations also to those who were recognized for their contributions to the community with Excellence awards. The recipients were: Entrepreneur of the Year: Nancy Chippendale of Nancy Chippendale’s Dance Studios of North…
Read More »Please allow me to be very personal this morning. Veterans Day is a time for remembering. In our families there are so many men and women who served the country – in wartime, in the eras of war and in peacetime. In our own extended family the service ranges from…
Read More »Some observations from Jim Peters: I have not written about the meanderings of my mind for quite a while. It is probably time that I do so. I was thinking of how peaceful it is in Lowell’s politic since Kevin Murphy became City Manager. Kevin definitely knew how…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. This fall marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at U.C. Berkeley, a pivotal moment in the history of student activism and political organizing that laid the groundwork for the antiwar movement and other social causes. …
Read More »Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares this story about government censorship with a Lowell connection: As Lowell Historic Preservation Commission’s representative on the Kerouac Committee, I…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: November 3, 2014 – Monday 69 Agawam St for $355,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $390,000 145 Cross St for $232,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $75,500 1461 Pawtucket Blv Unit E-11 for $140,900. Prior sale in 2005 for…
Read More »Adhering to the rule that all politics is local, let’s begin with the 18th Middlesex Rep race By now everyone knows that Rady Mom won this election and that he won it by a large margin. He received 3847 votes to Fred Bahou’s 2386. Of the twelve precincts in the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor-elect Charlie Baker is off to a good start. He was gracious to losing candidate Martha Coakley on election night and the day after. He struck the right tone with Deval Patrick in discussing the transition. Pushed to…
Read More »Although Charlie Baker defeated Martha Coakley in this year’s gubernatorial election, Coakley won Lowell with 10,364 votes to Baker’s 8,915. As for the others on the ballot for that office, Falchuk got 661 votes; Lively got 208; and McCormick got 210. Here are the precinct-by-precinct results for the governor’s race…
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