Early voting is in progress. Check these links for the schedule/location and the ballot questions.

The downtown Monster Bash is this Saturday with Trick or Treating for the youngsters, live music, and even a drone show.

Trick or Treating in our building will happen from 6:00 to 7:30 on the 31st as usual. Seeing the costumes and decorations is always fun! Flyers with details should be appearing on doorsteps later today.

The passenger elevator will be taken out of service on Monday the 26th for major upgrades. The work is expected to take 12–13 weeks barring any surprises. Folks will need to be patient during this period with people, pets, bicycles, and furniture sharing the freight elevator.

With the approach of winter, comes the threat of snow. For those people parking in the surface lot, it’s important to be aware of our Parking Rules regarding snow emergencies. Consider signing up for automated alerts from the LPD.

As mentioned in the previous post, National Grid offers a discount from November 1st through April 30th for people using heat pumps to heat their home. If you signed up in the past, you do not need to do so again and it should be noted on your bill. If you’re new to the building or missed it last year, it’s worth checking out.

National Grid offers a discount on electricity from November 1st through April 30th for people using heat pumps to heat their home. For those people who received one last year, you DO NOT have to apply again; it should appear on your bill automatically. For those people who didn’t, I’ll be working to get information out soon about how to apply, or you can check out these posts from last year. (The links in last year’s posts are redirecting to this year’s info.)

The discount doesn’t end up being that big, but every little bit helps. As I recall it cut about $20 off our bill each month last year. You can find more specifics about current regular rates vs. heat pump rates here.

An owner has suggested sharing this article from This Old House magazine with advice about cleaning a bathroom fan.

She also includes some other tips:

If you have never cleaned it before, you’re going to find that it’s really disgusting behind that cover on the wall of your bathrooms. There is a list in the article of tools you may need to do this job. The list includes compressed air but you can do it with a vacuum attachment just as well.

This is a great time of year to get these things done. Think of the time change as a time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors, clean your bathroom exhaust fans, and change out the filters in your heat pumps; all measures that keep these items healthy and running smoothly. 

Lowell’s annual Kinetic Sculpture Race is this Saturday. This means there will be a parking ban on the street out front tonight and a section of Market Street will be closed for most of the day tomorrow (specifics from LPD are pasted in below). Access to and from the surface lot and the Roy Garage shouldn’t be seriously affected if coming from the Central Street end of Market, except perhaps between 11am and noon right as the race is getting underway. Allow extra travel time if driving anywhere.

That said, it should be a fun day of costumes, music, face painting, wildly creative vehicles, and lovely, cool weather. Consider checking it out!

LPD Traffic Advisory: Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Please be advised that a portion of Market Street will be closed to traffic for the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race.
Friday, September 18 at 8PM: No parking on Market Street from Palmer to Shattuck.
Saturday, September 19 at 3AM: Vehicles parked on Market St. from Palmer to Shattuck will be towed.
Saturday, September 19 at 7AM: Market St. from Palmer to Shattuck will be closed to traffic.
The road will reopen when cleared on Saturday night.

A resident dropped her mother’s wedding band in the parking lot last night and didn’t realize it until this morning. It’s a gold band of leaves inscribed with her parents’ initials. If you find it, please contact me so I can get it back to it’s owner.

NOT “High” Street. (Thanks to Pat for pointing that out.)

(Sorry. I hadn’t had my coffee yet.)

The Primary Election is today. We are in ward 4, precinct 2. Our voting location is Rogers School Gymnasium at 43 High Street (correction: HighLAND St.). Polls are open 7am to 8pm. Please vote if you’re able! More info here.

I’ve updated management info across this website and will continue tweaking it as I find more info and more time to do so. Please let me know if I’ve missed some spots or mucked up some links. The email address for our new property manager, Debbie, in the intro letter was wrong; the one on the Contact page is correct.

Realtors and newcomers can also find links to updated Welcome Packets on the Useful Links page. Updating the glass front bulletin boards near the elevators on the first floor is at the top of my to-do list for tomorrow.

Georgi’s trying to find a home for a tilting, low-profile, TV wall mount. She thinks it’s never even left the box. For more info, call Georgi: 978-764-5570.

Someone’s package went astray back at the very end of June and they’ve touched all the bases trying to track it down with no luck. If anyone accidentally picked up a package containing a brand new, with tags, wavy rainbow striped dress, the intended recipient would really love to have it back (style is no longer available), no questions asked. Just contact me and I’ll help get the dress home.

And a message from Georgi: Once is a while someone in the building needs a good box for any number of reasons. Please feel free to help yourself to the boxes I have on the top of my wooden shed in space #39 in our basement garage. I’ve saved them for just that reason.