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I first heard rumors of this earlier today and now find a report on Boston’s WHDH-TV 7News. If the below video viewer from Channel 7 does not work on your device, here’s the link to the story. WHDH-TV 7News Boston Also, here’s a link to the story on CBS channel…
Read More »From Dracut Forum: Question 1: $2.9 Million override Yes: 2452, NO: 6367, Blanks 12 Question 2: $200,000 override Yes: 2626, NO: 6139: Blanks: 72
Read More »The Fall 2013 tours of historic Lowell Cemetery are fast approaching. Here are the dates: Friday, September 27 at 1 pm Saturday, September 28 at 10 am Friday, October 4 at 1 pm Saturday, October 5 at 10 am The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery…
Read More »This is the fifth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is seventh place finisher Vesna Nuon. The information presented below is organized…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. I suggest that we accept the following two principles: 1 – Government must regulate and monitor the sale of alcoholic beverages. 2…
Read More »This is a cross-post from our friend Dave McKean over at LowellIrish. Dave and other St. Patrick Cemetery stewards are cleaning up and documenting important and historic slate grave stones and markers. (Also cross-posted on the Lowell Historical Society site.) A WORD OF THANKS The slate stones in Yard One…
Read More »In the informational packet for this week’s Lowell City Council meeting, the following item caught my eye. It’s a response from the city manager to a motion made by Mayor Murphy at the August 27, 2013 city council meeting that requested a report on “the use of CDBG funding for…
Read More »The following is a list of motions on the agenda for this week’s Lowell City Council meeting. The number that precedes the motion is the item number on the agenda (as is evident, there is much on the agenda before council motions are even reached which is a fairly recent…
Read More »President Obama and his administration believe Syrian government officials ordered the use of chemical weapons on opposition fighters and civilians (children, women, and men) in the Syrian civil war. Hundreds, if not more than 1,000, people died. United Nations’ inspectors are analyzing evidence taken from the attack site. The weapons…
Read More »This is the fourth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is sixth place finisher Marty Lorrey. The information presented below is organized…
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