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The call for books is out from the Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library! This is a great opportunity for the community to support your public library and the mission and program of the Friends. The Friends of the Pollard Library annual book sale takes place Thursday-Saturday, May 15-17, at the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Reports of rape and sexual assault were up 50 percent last year, according to a Pentagon study released on Thursday. What’s unclear is whether that reflects more reporting or more assaults. And what of the record in bringing…
Read More »Annual Meeting of the Lowell Historical Society Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 2:00PM Pollard Memorial Library Community Room /Ground Floor Brief Business Meeting / Election of Officers and Directors Followed by a Presentation “Treasures Uncovered: Highlights of the Municipal Archives” Join Lowell Historical Society’s Vice-President Kim Zunino for an introduction to…
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick and the Governor’s Asian American Commission/Advisory Council will be in Lowell this coming Thursday to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The event is on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 5:15 pm at the Sunnyda Restaurant at 454 Chelmsford Street in Lowell. Everyone is invited…
Read More »Next weekend begins the 2014 Spring Tours of Lowell Cemetery. There will be some new stops on the tour this year so even if you’ve joined us previously, consider returning this year for some new stories. Here’s the schedule: Friday, May 9, 2014 at 1 pm Saturday, May 10, 2014…
Read More »The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: April 28, 2014 – Monday 117 Lexington Ave for $255,000. Prior sale in 2011 for $240,200. 200 Market St Unit 3405 for $75,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $100,000 241 Pawtucket St for $625,000. (Romanowsky/Reppucci office condos to UMass Lowell)…
Read More »Here’s my review of political events in Lowell this past week: BIKE LANES For Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Rodney Elliott and Councilor Rita Mercier filed a joint motion to abolish the bike lanes that were installed on Father Morissette Boulevard last summer. This prompted a big turnout by local…
Read More »Nearly 300 people gathered last night at a community celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month sponsored by the Khmer Post USA, the Lowell-based Cambodian language newspaper that has circulation throughout New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Held at the Hong Kong Restaurant at 308 Westford Street in…
Read More »In her book Monuments and Memory: History and Representation in Lowell, Massachusetts (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002), Martha Norkunas, Ph.D., writes about the South Common: “In 1845 the mayor of Lowell, Elisha Huntington, recognized that the city needed open public spaces beyond those of the Lowell Cemetery. The city purchased ten…
Read More »In the current Master Plan for Lowell, Sustainable Lowell 2025, the chapter on Sustainable Neighborhoods includes the following recommendation: ◙ Identify funding and implement planned improvements at South Common.
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