Here are real estate sales of property in Lowell from this past week. There was certainly a surge in activity which is a good sign although I suspect it’s partly attributable to few people wanting to purchase houses in the coming week with Christmas right in the middle of it.…

Henri Marchand shared the following essay about his search for the perfect Christmas tree: We begin the holiday season engaged yet again in a debate of vital importance. It’s an annual and endless argument and we look forward to every December—what qualifies as the perfect Christmas tree? Over the years…

While most in Lowell enjoy the lead up to Christmas, the city was smacked by two separate shootings in the past 48 hours. The first, at 49 Second Street in Centralville at about 8 pm on Wednesday (Dec 18) night, resulted in the murder of a man living in an…

The weather forecasters seemed to get yesterday’s storm just about right: one burst at lunchtime, a lull of a couple of hours, and then the heaviest stuff from 3 pm until 10 pm. Sure enough, I went out at 9 pm and used the snow blower to clear the driveway…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Elizabeth Warren insists she is not running for President, most recently this past Sunday on Channel 5′s On the Record program. This is a good thing.  There’s been too much  bandwagon buzz about a possible…

Ed. Note: Last Friday night at the Nelson Mandela Memorial event at the Lowell Community Charter Public School, Fru Nkimbeng eloquently reminded everyone that Africa is a complex continent made up of many unique countries and cultures. Too often we here in America who do not have direct ties to…