Jay Mason of 350MA of Greater Lowell shares the following: To all friends of 350MA of Greater Lowell: DIVEST LOWELL: Request for a motion regarding a resolution for divestment from fossil fuel investments. Come to Lowell City Council meeting on Tuesday, 12/9, 6:30pm. Help us support this important policy breakthrough!!…
Tonight, I will be at the Pollard Memorial Library on Merrimack Street next to City Hall at 7 pm, talking about “Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park.” The format is brief remarks, a short reading, and then questions-and-answers. “Mill Power” ($25) is available at the National Park…
Number of votes including one accepting a $1.6 million grant from the Federal government for expansion of the trolley system. Craig Thomas from DPD gives an update. One expansion will run from downtown through Hamilton Canal District to the Gallagher Terminal. The second expansion will connect the North and South…
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Where has all the outcry gone? Last April, when the radical jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, politicians and celebrities here and abroad protested their treacherous act. “Where are our girls?” became the social media cause de jour, but…
The late Nelson Mandela with Christo Brand (web photo courtesy of nelsonmandela.org) UMass Lowell’s Office of the Provost cordially invites the community to a special event on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in Moloney Hall at University Crossing featuring Christo Brand, author of “Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend.” Brand was Nelson Mandela’s…
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares the following on some Lowell history: I have been asked to write my meanderings on something other than my meanderings, so I took them at their word and am writing about the meanderings of three, not well-known, souls who once meandered through Lowell before dying.…
Thanks to the Lowell National Historical Park for the reminder that on this day December 1, 1831, Lowell High opened its doors. As a former member of the faculty, I proudly salute Lowell High School for One-Hundred and Eighty-Three years of service and dedication to the students of Lowell –…
With no council meeting, the first snowstorm of the season, and Thanksgiving, this was a quiet week politically so with the 2nd annual Lowell Social Media Conference just a week away, I figured I’d spend this morning reviewing some of our past gatherings. 2nd Annual Lowell Social Media Conference this…
November 24, 2014 – Monday 251 West London St for $230,000. New condo 99 Andrews St for $170,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 347 Pawtucket Blvd Unit 11 for $83,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $76,000 54 Oakland St for $253,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $263,000 210 Coburn St for…
The famous Kirk Street Clock that is set outside of Lowell High School was rededicated today. The fully refurbished clock will have its time reset after power outages and time changes by a satellite uplink. The chimes on the clock have been set to sound louder between the hours of…