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- adventures of the mohards
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- Choosing a Soundtrack
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- Downtown Lowell Blog
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- JackieDoherty.org
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- Mr. Mill City
- MV Homlessness Blog
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Lowell Politics
Mass Bloggers
- - Leftyblogs MA Blogroll - Almost all of my favorite lefty blogs in Massachusetts can be found here. Linking here keeps my own blogroll short but still up to date! Below are some other MA blogs which are not listed at LB.
- H2Otown (Watertown, MA)
- MargeBLOG (Williamstown)
- Michael Forbes Wilcox (Western MA)
- The Gazebo (Worcester area)
Media in Lowell
- Chelmsford Mass News
- Community Connections The online archive of many of WUML's radio shows.
- LTC :: Our community cable access channel (8 & 10). Excellent people, I've worked with them before.
- Open Source :: Chris Lydon's new show, broadcast on WUML and WGBH locally.
- The Lowell Sun :: Love it or hate it, it's the big newspaper in town.
- WCAP radio :: Talk radio in Lowell - still locally owned, and in transition.
- WUML :: The student- and community-run radio station of UMass-Lowell. Lynne hosts a radio show, Thinking Out Loud, 10am on Fridays.
Media in MA
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Politics Online
- City Council Agenda Past City Council agendas, posted in a mostly timely manner
- Lowellma.gov Official city website
Progressive Local Orgs
Snark and politics
The Arts in Lowell
- 119 Gallery - Art gallery with exhibitions of many local artists, interesting events, and living, breathing culture.
- Arts League of Lowell (ALL) - Artist community group, a recent but welcome addition to the arts scene in Lowell.
- Brush Art Gallery - Come and meet working artists in their natural habitats!
- Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) - Great local calendar of events.
- Lowell Opera Company - Community opera.
- Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Local community orchestra.
- Lowell Poetry Network
- Lowell Rocks - List of live music events
- Merrimack Repertory Theatre - A local theatre "presenting an exciting mix of contemporary and new plays in historic downtown Lowell."
- OUtlET - Paper and online 'zine making a splash locally with events in art, poetry, music, and everything in between!
- Revolving Museum Contemporary, local, public art space with a plethora of children's programs and art by and for the community.
- The Fine Print - Socially aware, themed, arts and issues periodic publication available throughout Lowell.
- The Image Theater - Theatre company which puts on all original works by local playwrights.
- Whistler House Museum - A great collection of contemporaries of Whistler at his historic birthplace.
August 29th, 2005 at 11:03 pm
How would you start the process of lowering taxes (dare I ask)?
How would you reign in spending?
Is televising the reg. board meetings a good idea or merely lipservice?
September 16th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Ask them what they can do to increase the police presence downtown at night.
What about the 4 and 4 plan that I keep reading about? The cops seem to be trying to do something to take care of that problem but the Lowell Sun is killing them!
September 19th, 2005 at 7:58 pm
1. What will you do to eliminate the conflict of interest existing with the city boards and developers?
2. Will you insist on tax rate projection for budget increases proposed in the Spring before approving new budget?
3. How will you take back policy decisions that have been preempted by the city manager?
September 22nd, 2005 at 10:38 am
Will you support the next phase of the School Building Plan?
{THis plan calls for building two new elementary schools in Lowell, one to replace the old Morey school (it has not been renovated since 1965) and one to replace the Varnum and Moody schools (both built in the 1800s and never renovated.) These three schools lack cafeterias, gyms, performance space and are not handicapped accessible. Most importantly, they all need major repairs since they have been on the list to be replaced, nothing has been done. They need roofs, floors, electrical upgrades to support new technology, and heating systems. Lowell is now at the top of the list to get these schools built with a significant contribution of state money. the state will reimburse as the schools are built, paying over two-thirds of the total cost. The money can be bonded (as it was for previous new schools) with no out-of-pocket increase to the city as it can replace previous debt that is being retired. }
September 27th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
How do they feel about a recycling plan for the downtown area (businesses and residential)? What steps what they take to implement this program?
The downtown area is not currently a part of the cities recycling effort.