As interest in the city election rises, I find that many people are unfamiliar with our system of wards and precincts. Even for those long involved in local politics, the status and whereabouts of each precinct might be a bit fuzzy. The following guide, though lengthy, might be of assistance.…
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I sometimes hesitated to visit Wannalancit Mills because the scarcity of parking in the vicinity but that problem seems to be solved as of this past week. Pursuant to a vote of the city council taken earlier in the summer, Fr. Morissette Blvd which runs alongside the Northern Canal from…
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Van Pech, a candidate for Lowell City Council, hosted a listening session for artists on August 21 at the Appleton Mills on Jackson St. His campaign shared the above photo and the below press release. (Campaigns may email similar information to DickHoweJr@gmail.com for posting): The arts and culture scene is…
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The National Park Service is 97 years old today. The following is an excerpt from the law that made Lowell, Massachusetts, part of the system of national parks in America.—PM . Public Law 95-290 95th Congress June 5, 1978 (H.R. 11662) Lowell National Historical Park 16 U.S.C. 410cc. An Act…
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With his brothers William and Josiah, 26-year-old Micah Hildreth joined Capt. Peter Coburn’s Dracut minutemen when they engaged British troops at Lexington and later fought at Bunker Hill and in the siege of Boston in late 1775. He marched with dozens of Dracut men to Fort Ticonderoga in northern New York…
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March on Washington: Commonly referred to as the March on Washington, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought over 200,000 people to the nation’s capitol to protest racial discrimination and show support for civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. The March on Washington took place on…
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Tadodaho Sidney Hill with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (right) and Jamon Paskernin (2012, White House Tribal Nations Conference). At Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s Convocation for New Students at Syracuse University on August 23, the Thanksgiving Address was offered by Tadodaho Sidney Hill in his language—an English translation was…
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The following sales of real estate occurred this week in Lowell: August 19, 2013 – Monday 200 Market St Unit 312 for $164,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $205,000 August 20, 2013 – Tuesday Lowell RE sale: 24 Burnside St for $150,000. Previous sale in 2013 for $136,000 Lowell RE…
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The following article appeared in the latest edition of Khmer Post USA and is reposted here with with permission of Khmer Post and of the author, Sengly Kong, Ph.D., who is the chair of the Cambodia Town committee. In 2010, the City of Lowell designated a Cambodia Town in order…
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