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Maybe Lowell should be doing more with the Mother’s Day celebration, since we have a claim on one of the most familiar mothers of all mothers . . .
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: May 11, 2014
PET PIGS We’ll start on a light note with the prospective Lowell resident who petitioned the city council Tuesday night to amend city ordinances to allow the keeping of miniature pigs as household pets. The petitioner currently lives in Arlington and owns a female miniature pig named Bacon. The woman…
Read More »More Riverwalk-ing Ahead
This news is a couple of weeks old, but we should still tip our hats to all those involved with the continued development of the Riverwalk along the Merrimack. According to reporter Katie Lannan of the Sun newspaper, on April 24 Congresswoman Niki Tsongas with City and national park leaders…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: week of May 5, 2014
The following sales occurred in Lowell during the past week: May 5, 2014 – Monday 59-61 Bachman St for $241,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $225,000 135 Hampshire St for $153,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $135,000 1007-1011 Central St for $165,000. Prior sale in 1979 259 South St for…
Read More »Bay State Bike Week
What do you know, this is Bay State Bike Week. Julia Hans, a member of the city’s Green Building Commission did a blog post on her “Green Sense” blog about the significance of the week. Here’s some of what she wrote: Bay State Bike Week begins this weekend and runs…
Read More »“The Mainstream Media discovers Climate Change” by Jay Mason
Jay Mason, Chair of the Lowell Green Building Commission and a member of 350MA of Greater Lowell, shared the following observations about the mainstream media’s coverage of climate change this week: This past Wednesday, May 7th the Boston Globe carried a story on climate change. This is not new –…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery
Photos by Tony Sampas. The tour will be repeated on Friday, May 16 at 1 pm and on Saturday, May 17 at 10 am, both starting at the Lawrence Street Gate.
Read More »Billy Joel @ UMass Lowell, Revisited
Been listening to Billy Joel in the car this week and remembering his visit to UMass Lowell in 2011—can it be that long ago already? Turns out the student who played “Leningrad” was not a Lowell student, but I didn’t know that when I wrote the post.—-PM HISTORY, LOWELL JOEL-LOWELL RHYMES…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) To Meet Tomorrow ~ Saturday May 10, 2014
Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is tomorrow ~ SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be tomorrow Saturday May 10, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. Note: This is earlier in the month than usual. Two…
Read More »Kerry said the “A” word; so have many Israelis by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Secretary of State John Kerry prompted a diplomatic gasp and a Ted Cruz hissy fit by warning of the dangers of apartheid if Israel and the Palestinians can’t achieve a workable two-state solution. Kerry’s private comment was uncharacteristically…
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