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Dreaming Trolley Dreams: Lowell Is Better Than Your City

January 24, 2012 By lynne

Yeah, hyperbole and half. But really, isn't that what being in love with the community you chose to live in is all about? :) I normally would not post about a post on Left in Lowell that really is only of interest to us Lowellians, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: lowell, public-transit, tolleys

Take a Break from the Debt Debate: The Lowell Folk Festival! (Updatedx2 with video!)

July 29, 2011 By lynne

Are you obsessively refreshing BMG and other blogs, and watching Twitter feeds and Facebook links, in order to keep up to date on the potentially disastrous debt ceiling debate? Want to stave off your political worries for a day or two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: events, Folk Festival, free, lowell, music, summer

40B — Love it or smother it

June 15, 2010 By massmarrier

Lynch has had considerable experience with affordable-housing issues and 40B specifically for a couple of decades. His city has successfully added to the stock of middle-class and lower affordable units. Yet, he doesn't see 40B as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 40b, affordable-housing, ballot-question, bernard-lynch, election, lowell, massachusetts, repeal

Left in Lowell Endorses Eileen Donoghue for State Senate

June 1, 2010 By lynne

Ever since we've been watching Lowell politics, we've observed that there are not only two (or more) "factions" on local issues, but two types of Councilors. Old school councilors are lifetime citizens, who have many familial and personal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010-elections, donoghue, lowell, state-senate

John Kerry at town hall meeting in Lowell today, with link to radio interview from yesterday

January 30, 2010 By kerryvisionary

Just ahead of Senator John Kerry's appearance at a town hall meeting in the Merrimack Valley this morning, WCAP 980 Radio in Lowell, MA was kind enough to allow us to feature their interview with the Senator from yesterday at our site, John … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: john-kerry, lowell, massachusetts, merrimack-valley, radio-interview, town-hall-meeting

Does anybody care – with POLL!

October 24, 2009 By AmberPaw

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try gain." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: homeless-teens, irish-potato-famine, lowell, shelters

Three Little Letters Lowell Doesn’t Want to Hear: FBI

August 31, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. I don't often read the Lowell Sun. But it's must-see this week. LOWELL -- For the most part, City Councilors were guarded yesterday in their comments regarding the city's 10-page investigatory report … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corruption, fbi, lowell

Staycation? You are CRAZY if you miss this!

July 17, 2009 By lynne

Did I mention it was free? For more info on who is playing among other things, check out the Folk Fest website. Seriously, I didn't attend my first few years living in the area, and when I did, I was kicking myself that I'd been so stupid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: events, festival, folk, lowell, music

LeftAhead! Podcast: Bizarre Politicians and How to Cure ‘Em

July 7, 2009 By Ryan

Today, on LeftAhead, Lynne, Mike and I chatted about four sets of politicians on the national, state and local levels who have made rash, illegal, unacceptable and/or bizarre decisions. We discussed Sarah Palin and her problems in Alaska, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cahill, campaigns, deval, deval-patrick, eileen-donoghue, elections, gop, governor, leftahead, leftinlowell, lowell, lowell-city-council, lynne, mark-sanford, marry-in-massachusetts, massmarrier, palin, patrick, podcast, republican, republicans, ryans-take, ryepower12, sarah-palin, tim-cahill, treasurer-cahill

Should Lowell have a curfew?

April 6, 2009 By ACLUm blog

The oral argument in court today focused on the severity of the penalty and the lack of protections that the law allows.  For example,  a high school student who is at a friend's house working on a class project that takes them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, curfew, first-amendment, lowell, youth

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