As our July weather heats up later this week and as we await the start of Democratic and GOP conventions, look for a heat-up on the Merrimack Valley campaign front. The presumptive Democratic nominee for President Hillary Clinton has a big event planned for Portsmouth NH on Tuesday. Expect many…
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Local Development Roundup: It was a relatively quiet week in local political news so let’s take a quick look at the status of some of the major development projects in the city: Hamilton Canal District: There have been a few positive developments for the Hamilton Canal District including the selection…
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Here are real estate sales in Lowell during the past two weeks: Week of June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016 – Monday490 Central St for $360,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $225,0002410 Skyline Drive Unit 12 for $135,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $115,00030 Damon St for $235,000. Prior sale…
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I don’t know why I thought of this today, this morning while sitting on the back steps as the straight rain began to douse the trees, grass, cars. Excited small brown birds darted from the lilac bush to the low branches of maple trees bordering the driveway. What came into…
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The following is from Marie Sweeney: The 29th Annual CTI / Lowell Farmers’ Market had a Grand-Opening ribbon-cutting today with the help of Lowell Mayor Ed Kennedy. The Farmers’ Market operates on Fridays through mid-October (except during the Lowell Folk Festival) on JFK Plaza adjacent to Lowell City Hall from…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. As one analyst put it, Hillary was not indicted but she was convicted in the court of public opinion. Of extreme carelessness in handling emails. Of setting up a private, nonsecure server in her home and using it…
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An overflow crowd packed Hypertext Bookstore Café this evening for the Loom Press Writers Reading event. Paul Marion, the proprietor of Loom Press which specializes in publishing poetry and prose from Lowell and the Merrimack Valley, recruited a great collection of writers to read from their work. The lineup included…
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If you are interested in literature about Lowell or written by people from Lowell, there are a couple of events this week for you. This Thursday (July 7) night, at 6 pm at HyperText Bookstore Café at 107 Merrimack Street, Paul Marion will convene a group of poets and authors…
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John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. This is the fourth in a series of columns he has written on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election. The first column, “The 100 Percent,” appeared on May 16, 2016; the second, “Voodoo Two,” on May 23, 2016; the…
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