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by Tony Sampas
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Founder of “Reason” magazine dies in Lowell
This may sound a bit morbid, but my favorite section of the newspaper is the obituaries. Each story is a history lesson in itself. In a way, the tour I give of the Lowell Cemetery is a series of oral obituaries shared while walking around a beautiful, natural setting. While…
Read More »Spinners lead minor league promotion list
ESPN Travel came out with its top picks for minor league baseball summer stunts for the coming months. Leading the list is an event that will occur on July 5, 2011 along the banks of the Merrimack River in lovely Lowell during a Spinners game when David Smith Jr fires…
Read More »“Megaliths, Monoliths, and Native American Knowledge” by Jim Peters
Jim Peters sent this essay for posting: Jim Neary, of the well-known Lowell Neary family, and I, decided to do a little research on old stone structures which were presumably built by the Native Americans at some point in history. I cannot say that they were built by the Pawtuckets,…
Read More »“Hey, Hey, My, My” by Steve O’Connor
Steve O’Connor shares an essay about how rock n roll created a bond between father and son: My son, being fifteen, doesn’t talk to me much anymore. He discovered recently that I don’t know anything. He has also realized that anything I say will be fun will in fact be…
Read More »Under a Maple tree, George Ayotte Parking Facility
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Read More »Lowell in the news, May 5, 2011
A variety of stories from today were from or related to the city of Lowell: Probation Officer Arraigned: Benjamin Okiwe, who formerly worked in the probation office at Lowell Superior Court, was arraigned in Lowell District Court on charges of larceny over $250 and larceny by scheme arising out of…
Read More »Happy Mother’s Day from John MacDonald
When they come six days before an election, robocalls are annoying; when they come six months prior, they’re entertaining. Such was the case today when I pressed the “play” button on my home answering machine and heard city council candidate John MacDonald wishing all the mothers in hearing distance a…
Read More »Power House on French Street
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Read More »Lowell Cemetery Tours this weekend
The first tours of Lowell Cemetery for this year will take place this weekend: Friday, May 6 at 1 pm Saturday, May 7 at 10 am The tours are free and open to the public and begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery which is off Rogers Street,…
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