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Lowell City Council: February 17, 2015 Motion Responses Rita Mercier asks if there are any plans to make some streets one way due to their narrowness from snowbanks. Manager Murphy says it’s an excellent suggestion. Mentions Lowell has highest snow fall totals in US. Says there’s a meeting tomorrow to…
Read More »Two important Lowell annual events get a change of date and a change of face! The 2015 Lowell Winterfest event is postponed from this coming weekend to the weekend of March 13-14. Too much snow has caused the City Manager and organizers to reschedule since the DPW workers are just…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet this coming Saturday morning February 21, 2015 at 8am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday February 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte. 110…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Bob Simon was the kind of journalist whom Brian Williams could only dream of being. There was no finer writer or story teller, no more courageous correspondent, no better example of the highest achievements of reporting, than Simon, described by…
Read More »The key documents related to the Pawtucket Falls Dam court case, plus a statement from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, are available on the website of the Lowell Heritage Partnership at www.lowellheritagepartnership.org
Read More »Snow permitting—-Here’s an announcement from the Tewksbury Library: The Tewksbury Public Library invites the public to a special program on Wed., Feb. 18, at 7 pm at Tewksbury Public Library, with author Paul Marion, who will discuss his new book, “MILL POWER: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park,”…
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Winter of 2015 A story in yesterday’s Globe captured perfectly the state of affairs in Lowell these days. Here’s part of what the Globe’s Nestor Ramos wrote: On snow-packed side-streets we are facing off in low-speed games of chicken. In snarled traffic circles and icy intersections, we are angling for…
Read More »The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell last week: Feb 9, 2015 – Monday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 10, 2015 – Tuesday Snowstorm – registry closed Feb 11, 2015 – Wednesday 240 Jackson St Unit 625 for $160,000. Prior sale 2014 foreclosure 373 Aien Ave Unit 9 for…
Read More »The shame of the result in the court case about the future of the Pawtucket Falls Dam is the lack of trade-off and balancing of interests in the court’s decision. Enel is already generating green energy and making money on the hydro-power system, otherwise they would not be operating in…
Read More »University Orchestra to Perform Free Concert for Valentine’s Day Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Compositions that convey a sense of triumph and world travel will be the focus of the University Orchestra’s annual, free Valentine’s Day concert for the public. Under the direction of UMass Lowell music faculty member Mark Latham, the ensemble…
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