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One year after her decisive victory over Scott Brown, Senator Elizabeth Warren invited the most active volunteers from her campaign to a celebration today at the Summer Shack in Cambridge. I asked some of the Lowell volunteers who attended to share their thoughts about this event and about Senator Warren’s…
Read More »City Council Election Tuesday’s city council election is the top story of the week with four new councilors selected to take office in January. The newcomers (and their order of finish) are Dan Rourke (4), Jim Milinazzo (5), Bill Samaras (6), and Corey Belanger (7). They join re-elected incumbents Rita…
Read More »Here are the real estate sales in Lowell for the past week. For several months now, most of the houses being sold fall into one of three categories: (1) the seller has owned the place for decades and presumably has little or no mortgage debt; (2) the property is being…
Read More »Tony Sampas took this photo of the underside of the old Memorial Bridge (aka “University Ave Bridge”) in the foreground with the underside of the new bridge (which is to be named the “Richard P. Howe Bridge” for my father) in the background. I understand that the new bridge is…
Read More »Today’s Guardian online in the UK has a long piece by David Runciman in which he digs deeply into the ways a democratic system of government can be exasperating to its citizens. But, as others have said, Consider the alternatives. Here’s the essay. The insights here apply to the system down…
Read More »Hanging on a nearby wall is the framed original of my great grandfather’s naturalization papers. Covering the front of the document are fading red stamps that say “Registrars of Voters, Lowell MA” with a succession of changing dates beginning with “Oct 15 1900.” Like most of his fellow immigrants from…
Read More »The East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group sent along this report from its November 4, 2013 Meeting. The group meets again on December 2, 2013 at 7 pm at the McAvinnue School at 131 Mammoth Road. On the agenda will be the topic of “Healthy Homes.” [Ed. Note to other neighborhood groups:…
Read More »In the 2011 city election, just 9946 people voted. In the 2013 election, that number rose 16% to 11581, an increase of 1635 voters. The following table shows where those additional votes came from KY. The below columns are (1) ward/precinct; (2) total vote in that precinct in 2011; (3)…
Read More »This is the first of a series of posts in the coming days that will analyze the numbers from this Tuesday’s election. This post looks at which candidates finished first, second or third in each of the city’s 33 precincts. The first entry (“1-1”) identifies the ward and precinct. That’s…
Read More »Here’s a press release I received today from the Van Pech campaign: VAN PECH MARKS END OF 2013 COUNCIL CAMPAIGN As One Chapter Closes, a Continued Call to Action Thank you so much for all your hard work, your dedication, and your commitment to this campaign. I know all of…
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