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Read More »New foreclosure auction for Prince Spaghetti
In my Week in Review article this past Sunday, I asked “What’s Up with Prince Spaghetti?” Back on June 27, 2014, the Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank held a foreclosure auction of the Prince Spaghetti property in South Lowell. The property owner, Prince Avenue Associates LLC, had granted the Lowell…
Read More »New solutions for NFL Neanderthals by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’m with Karl Rove, at least on this: Condoleezza Rice should replace Roger Goodell as head of the National Football League. Goodell has been a toady for the owners, who get fat profits from leaving the game just…
Read More »Mill City Grows Harvest Festival this Saturday
The 3rd annual Mill City Grows Harvest Festival will take place this coming Saturday, September 20, from 1 pm to 5 pm at Rotary Club Park, 10 Chase Street in Lowell. The festival will feature all kinds of events, demonstrations and entertainment. It’s a great event organized by an organization…
Read More »University Crossing Grand Opening Today: UMass Lowell Celebrates
Grand Opening, 2.30 pm, Today University Crossing will serve as a hub for the UMass Lowell campus, at the crossroads of North, East and South campuses and the community. The 230,000-square-foot University Crossing student engagement center will celebrate its grand opening on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Students, faculty,…
Read More »Gathering the Lowell Honey: Excerpt from ‘Mill Power’
The following is an excerpt from Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park, my book just published last week by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This passage is the conclusion of Chapter Five, “The Economics of Heritage,” which spells out the economic benefits that have been derived…
Read More »Fred Faust responds to Lowell Sun attack on historic preservation
Fred Faust, a former director of the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, responds to Lowell Sun publisher Jim Campanini’s recent attack on historic preservation in Lowell. Fred left the following as a comment to my Sunday Week in Review article but since the issue is of critical importance to Lowell, I…
Read More »In Scotland, what’s really under those kilts? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The domino theory, used by the United States to justify military intervention in Vietnam, has always been fallible. In Southeast Asia, neighboring Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. Thailand is a parliamentary (if unstable) democracy. The Indonesian archipelago is a republic. But…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: September 14, 2014
18th Middlesex Representative Race Shortly after 9 am yesterday Erik Gitschier, Lowell’s new water department head and until two weeks ago a member of the Greater Lowell Regional School Committee appeared on my front porch to leave a flyer for Fred Bahou, the unenrolled candidate for the 18th Middlesex Representative…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of September 8, 2014
The following sale took place this past week: September 8, 2014 – Monday 35 Riverwalk Way Unit 302 for $169,900. Prior sale in 2005 for $262,000 September 9, 2014 – Tuesday 1431 Pawtucket Blv Unit B32 for $178,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $220,000 September 10, 2014 – Wednesday 15…
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