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Councilor Mendonca chairing the meeting. Mayor Murphy absent. Early part of meeting features a discussion of early investigation of wisdom of installing $1mil in new sidewalks on Douglas Road. (Ed. Note: Seriousness of discussion reflects the fact that that neighborhood will produce so many votes in upcoming city council election).…
Read More »Subcommittee consists of Councilors Bill Martin (chair), Rodney Elliott and Vesna Nuon. Much of what was said by councilors and members of the public seemed productive (aside from a racist rant blaming all problems on “illegal immigrants” and “slum landlords” by the first member of the public to speak). Here’s…
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Read More »Gerry Nutter reports that the city of Lowell’s Chief Financial Officer, Tom Moses, is a finalist for a top position in Hudson, Massachusetts. Gerry’s full post is here.
Read More »The Lowell Election Commission met yesterday at 4:45 pm in the City Council chamber at City Hall. The first item of discussion was “designated health care facilities” which involved the facilitation of absentee voting at nursing homes. The Commission and its corresponding Election and Census Office, do outreach and training…
Read More »Here are real estate sales from Lowell last week showing the current and previous sales prices: September 30, 2013 – Monday 582-584 Westford St for $275,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $240,000 19 Doane St #6 for $155,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $157,500 3 Rundletts Court for $118,000. Prior…
Read More »Taya Dixon Mullane, the President of the Lower Highlands Neighborhood Group, sent the following email regarding the number of shootings that have occurred in Lowell to members of the organization. The email makes some excellent and very important points so I want to share it with everyone: Greetings Lower Highlands…
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Read More »A dozen participants in the Lowell blogosphere joined the crowd at the Tewksbury Public Library to hear Dan Kennedy talk about his new book, The Wired City, which is about journalism in the “post newspaper age.” While I bought the book (actually I bought two), I haven’t finished reading it…
Read More »This past Friday evening the powerful documentary “Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey” was screened at the O’Leary Library on UMass Lowell’s South Campus. The 2013 film, winner of a Cine Golden Eagle Award, follows Lowell resident Sayon Soeun’s return to Cambodia where he finds family members who had lost but never forgotten…
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