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‘Grace and Beauty’
We need beauty. We need it badly. On a day when we grappled with our grief over the enduring evil of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, on a day when we learned more from the media about the heinous attack on a young teacher, Colleen Ritzer of Danvers,…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of November 18, 2013
November 18, 2013 – Monday 220 Branch St for $380,000. Prior sale in 1972 137 Pine St #22 for $69,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $128,900 266 Butman Rd for $215,000. Prior sale in 1963 November 19, 2013 – Tuesday 73 Fifth Ave for $190,000. Prior sale 2013 foreclosure November…
Read More »Lowell Election Commission Meeting
The Lowell Election Commission met in the Mayor’s Reception Room on Thursday, November 22, 2013. The first item on the agenda was a debrief on the November 5 election. The only reported glitch involved one of the 20 handicap voting machines. While it had been unboxed, it was not started…
Read More »Remembering where we were by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Fifty years ago today, the woman was not yet a journalist. She was barely 24, a Wellesley College graduate, living in a thoroughly domestic life in a garden apartment in Norwood, getting used to days and weeks totally…
Read More »Official City Council results
At its meeting yesterday, the Lowell Election Commission certified the results of the 2013 city election. The official results will have changed slightly due to the inclusion of 19 provisional ballots that were counted after researching their viability. Listed below are the candidates in order of finish. The first number…
Read More »Lura Smith Concert of Thanksgiving
This Saturday from noon until 2 pm at the Eliot Presbyterian Church, 273 Summer Street, Lowell, Lura Smith will host a “Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving” featuring an all star cast of singers and musicians. The suggested donation is $20. All proceeds will be used to help the homeless and to…
Read More »Bridge dedication wrap-up
Thank you to everyone who helped make yesterday such a special occasion for my mom and dad and the entire Howe Family. From those who organized the event to those who endured the chilly wind by attending the ceremony, you have our enduring gratitude. And it was a wonderful ceremony…
Read More »Photos from the bridge
Tony Sampas shared some photos from yesterday’s bridge dedication:
Read More »Crowd sourcing UML Kennedy pictures
UMass Lowell has a terrific collection of photos of John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline from visits to Lowell during the late 1950s. While everyone recognizes the Kennedy’s, it’s more difficult to identify the Lowell residents in the photos. The best way to solve a problem like that is…
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