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Lowell real estate, week of June 17, 2013
The following list of Lowell real estate sales from the past week is cross-posted from the LowellDeeds blog: June 17, 2013 (Monday) 491 Dutton St Unit 520 for $225,000 52 Lawrence Dr Unit M313 for $174,500 260-262 University Ave for $284,900 25 Juniper St Unit 18 for $192,000 June 18,…
Read More »‘Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartze’ by Theodore Roethke
With so many gardens going strong and greenhouses putting out their last tomato plants and marigolds, I was reminded of this poem that was a favorite of mine when I started writing. —PM . Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartze Gone the three ancient ladies Who creaked on the…
Read More »GOTV begins for Ed Markey campaign
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, State Senator Eileen Donoghue, and former State Senator Steve Panagiotakos visited the Ed Markey for Senate headquarters in Lowell earlier tonight to remind volunteers of the importance of their efforts in the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) phase of the campaign which begins tomorrow. The plan is…
Read More »Portion of St Peter’s property sold to CBA
The following is cross-posted from the LowellDeeds blog: The long talked-about sale of 305 Gorham Street, a portion of the lot where St. Peter’s Church formerly stood, by Cooney Development LLC to the Coalition for a Better Acre was recorded today. The former rectory of St. Peter’s parish will remain…
Read More »‘Pulled Papers’
Where does this expression come from? So-and-so pulled papers to run for some political office. A Google search yields a bunch of references in Massachusetts newspapers. Revere. Waltham. This expression describes the act of requesting nomination-signature forms for a certain political office from the appropriate official in a town or…
Read More »UMass Lowell: The most underrated college in America
Congratulations to University of Massachusetts Lowell for being ranked by Business Insider as the most underrated college in America. To obtain these rankings, Business Insider plotted U.S. News’ ranking of the best colleges against PayScale’s mid-career salary rank. Here’s what was said about UML (with the full report HERE): Located…
Read More »Final Debate-six days left to election by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It was originally post on June Last night’s Senate debate between Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez was a schoolyard scramble to see who could make the “old and stale” label stick. Gomez says it’s Markey who’s old and stale because…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Jim Jajuga Returns to the Political Scene
Today’s Eagle-Tribune is reporting that former State Senator Jim Jajuga is among those who pulled papers for the fall 2013 Methuen City Council race. In our chat at State Senator Barry Finegold’s event last week, Jim certainly seemed primed and ready to return to the active, day-to-day politics of Methuen. In…
Read More »George L. Duncan Park Dedication
The city’s newest park was officially dedicated tonight. Named for the founder of the Enterprise Bank & Trust Company, George L. Duncan Park sits alongside the bank’s main branch at the corner of Merrimack and Shattuck Streets. More of a public art installation than a greenspace, the Park was designed…
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