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City Council – Bike Lanes The city council’s transportation subcommittee met last Tuesday before the regular council meeting. Their topic was the bike lanes on Fr. Morissette Boulevard. They recommended some changes to the markings around the lanes – nothing that seemed too drastic – but the biggest thing to…
Read More »Thirty-seven years ago today a fire broke out in a dormitory at Providence College. Ten students perished. Back in 2010 I wrote a blog post about the fire. Each year it gains a few more comments. It now has 42. Many of those who have contributed were there that night. …
Read More »From the archive ~ a reminder about the massive, destructive and very painful fire at Malden Mills in Lawrence ~ December 11, 1995. In the Merrimack Valley: Remembering the 1995 Malden Mills Fire December 11, 2012 by Marie Posted in Greater Lowell 1Comment Mass Moments reminds today us that on the evening of December 11,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s hard for millennials to imagine that not so long ago, blacks, who Constitutionally had the right to vote since 1870, were routinely blocked from exercising that right. But antagonistic county commissioners and viciously contrived regulatory barriers in the South…
Read More »Report by Cultural and Arts Subcommittee Presentation for the city’s submission to the Bloomberg Art Challenge earlier this evening by Susan Halter from COOL. The theme will be Lowell as an art laboratory where “art will come alive in February 2015.” Recommends council endorse proposal and submission to the competition.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Mark Wahlberg, star of box office hits Boogie Nights, The Perfect Storm, The Departed, Lone Surivor and more, and executive producer of Entourage and Boardwalk Empire, was one vicious dude in his teens. His rap sheet from the 1980’s…
Read More »Here are some photos from today’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony held by the Greater Lowell Veteran’s Council this morning at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Mayor Rodney Elliott and State Representative Colleen Garry offered remarks during the ceremony in the Hall of Flags. Also in attendance were State Representative Dave Nangle…
Read More »Lowell Social Media Conference Thanks to all who attended yesterday’s 2nd annual Lowell Social Media Conference at LTC. We had some great presentations and plenty of audience participation. The 3rd annual Social Media Conference will be held on the first Saturday in December next year (which happens to be December…
Read More »Thanks to everyone who attended today’s Lowell Social Media Conference. With 61 names on the sign-in sheet, our audience grew considerably in size this year. Thanks especially to Lowell Telecommunications Corp which co-sponsored and ably hosted the event, especially Gloria Polites and Steve Brogan. An intern from LTC video recorded…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: December 1, 2014 – Monday 108 Fetherston AVe for $245,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $176,000 December 2, 2014 – Tuesday 180 Fairmount St for $350,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $367,000 28-30 Ludlam St for $163,900. Prior sale…
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