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Down the Alley
Tony Sampas ventures down an alley
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Lowell DPD “Visioning Session”
Nearly 50 people gathered last night at the Lowell Senior Center to participate in a community “visioning session” conducted by staff of the Department of Planning and Development. The topics for discussion were housing and public services. Here’s how it worked: There were four table groupings in the big hall…
Read More »Lowell City Hall
Close-ups of the Lowell City Hall tower, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Wayne Peters, RIP
Wayne Peters came to Lowell to serve as Superintendent of Schools. Later he was elected to the Lowell School Committee and then to the City Council. His son, Jim Peters, a frequent contributor to this site, informs us that his dad passed away this morning in Florida and offers the…
Read More »US defeats France, 3-1
The US Women’s Soccer team advanced to the World Cup final game with today’s 3-1 victory over France. The US team will play Japan this coming Sunday (2:45 PM ET) for the title. [youtube]ES7wOXUlj44[/youtube]
Read More »The Sun Building
The Sun Building on Merrimack Street, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Raising the Debt Limit
I’m not an economist, but the more I try to learn about economics by reading the work of those who are, the more I realize it is a field with wildly different interpretations of the facts and prescriptions for solving the country’s problems. When I read that a failure by…
Read More »July 12, 1979: Disco Demolition Night
You have to be of a certain age to truly understand the passion that disco music incited – both for and against – back in the late 1970s. On this night in 1979, a disc jockey named Steve Dahl, of WLUP-FM, teamed up with the Chicago White Sox to hold…
Read More »Architectural details along Merrimack Street
The artistic eye of Tony Sampas caught these architectural details somewhere on Merrimack Street.
Read More »US Women’s Soccer team beats Brazil
I still have a hard time following soccer, but this apparently was an all-time classic ending. The US was down 2-1 in “extra time” when, in the very last minute of play, the Americans scored the tying goal. The outcome was decided by penalty kicks. This video, from ESPN, shows…
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