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November 26, 2023
The Lowell City Council met this past Tuesday night with the most anticipated part of the meeting being the roll call at the very start. That is when…
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November 19, 2023
After cancelling meetings because of Halloween and the City Election, the City Council resumed its regular meeting schedule last Tuesday which also saw…
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November 12, 2023
November 12, 2023 There was no City Council meeting this week. The Council cancelled it because it fell on Election Day. Speaking of which, here are the…
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November 5, 2023
There was no City Council meeting Tuesday night because of Halloween, so today’s newsletter is devoted to the City Election which is this coming…
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October 2023
October 29, 2023
At Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting, there was an extended discussion of efforts the city is making (or not making) to promote the upcoming…
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October 22, 2023
The Lowell City Council’s 18 month battle over Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) came to an end on Tuesday night when the Council rejected the proposed…
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October 15, 2023
Some personal news this week: I have decided not to run for reelection as Northern Middlesex Register of Deeds next year and will retire when my current…
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October 8, 2023
Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting ended in a concise 1 hour, 50 minutes, mostly because there were just two motions on the agenda. It’s true that…
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October 1, 2023
In the opening pages of his 2012 book, The Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time, urban planner Jeff Speck cited two cities…
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September 2023
September 24, 2023
The Lowell City Council continues its every-other-week summer meeting schedule, however, the agenda for its regularly scheduled September 12 meeting was…
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September 17, 2023
The Lowell Justice Center was formally dedicated to former Judge and State Representative Cornelius F. Kiernan (1917-1996) on Friday, September 15…
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September 10, 2023
In my newsletter of August 27, 2023, I reviewed the Lowell City Council’s discussion of the possible use of the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center as…
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