Menu
The week began with a special City Council meeting on Monday to establish the procedure for choosing a city manager and a city auditor now that all the applications are in. For city manager, the councilors had until Friday, March 7 to submit the names of their five “finalists” to…
Read More »Ambulance contacts continue to be a thorny issue in the Merrimack Valley. Some area communities like Andover and my own in Tewksbury have 911 emergency ambulance services covered by the local fire department. Others like Chelmsford and Lowell use a private contractor. In recent years, the Lowell City Manager has negotiated…
Read More »UnchARTed Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street is the place to be in Lowell tonight. Beginning at 7pm, an exhibition of Civil War reenactor photographs by Rachel Napear will have its grand opening. This will be unlike any other exhibit opening in recent history because it will begin with a parade…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: There are 310 school districts in Massachusetts. Only 12 do not offer full-day kindergarten. Chelmsford is one of the twelve. Meanwhile, one Chelmsford Selectman is proposing a tax…
Read More »English author Geoff Dyer (b. 1958) writes books about what interests him and is known for fusing imaginative forms. He was interviewed by Matthew Specktor for the Winter 2013 issue of The Paris Review. Following is an excerpt. Below, he talks about being in France some years ago when he…
Read More »Here are the sales of real estate in Lowell from the past week: March 3, 2014 – Monday 200 Market St Unit 121 for $120,000. Prior sale in 2006 for $162,450 240 Jackson St Unit 629 for $165,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $158,900 35 Hampshire St for $135,000. Prior…
Read More »Achille-Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918), a sculpture by Mico Kaufman of Tewksbury, Mass., on the grounds of Durgin Hall on the South Campus of UMass Lowell. Photo – by Tony Sampas
Read More »In this cross-post from “Learning Lowell,” Chris give us the background on the Lowell Heritage Partnership/Lowell National Historical Park Annual Preservation Awards. He interview the players and talks about last year’s honorees including our colleague Dick Howe. It’s time for the community to offer up nominations of those who deserve…
Read More »Saturday, March 8, 2014 – 7pm – GALLERY SHOW OPENING NIGHT – PARTY LIKE IT’S 1865 At UnchARTed Gallery, 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell. Exhibit features images of Civil War reenactors in action. This opening event will include Civil War soldiers marching up Merrimack Street, a performance by the Civil…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle reports on happenings with the dynamic Greater Lowell Music Theatre, including a songfest of classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein on March 21-22 at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall. Read all about it in the Sun newspaper. Playwright, director, actor, baseball player, UMass Lowell English Dept. alumnus, and organizer supreme…
Read More »