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New Trolley Signals in Lowell

New trolley signals are being installed at the corner of Market and Dutton Streets in Lowell by the Park Service. This video explains the work nicely. This video was originally posted by philtheranger New Trolley crossing signage in downtown Lowell, MA. Safety motor vehicles, pedestrians and electric trolleys

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COOL Discover Lowell Kick-Off Event

I’ll bet there are a number of faces you’ll recognize in this video taken at the Discover Lowell Kick-Off Event held by the Cultural Organization of Lowell. This video was originally posted by COOLinLowell The Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) kicks off its 2011 Discover Lowell Event Series at the…

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Twitter Turns Five Years Old

Happy Birthday Twitter Yesterday, March 21, Twitter turned five years old, and did you know… Experts estimate that one billion tweets are sent each week? And did you know Facebook offered to buy Twitter in 2008 for $500,000 and now Twitter is worth between $8-10 billion? And members of the…

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Getting mad and getting even don’t always sync by Marjorie Arons-Barron

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. The public can derive enormous satisfaction from taking action against public worker misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or just plain nuisance, but that visceral satisfaction can be short-lived, whether you’re talking about ending “hack holidays” or even…

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Middlesex Community College Setting Up Tsunami Support Centers for Student, Staff and Community Members

Middlesex Community College is responding to the natural disaster in Japan by setting up support and information centers for students, staff, faculty and community members on both the Lowell and Bedford Campus. This morning the college posted details on its blog in the following post. Tsunami Information Center The devastating…

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