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This coming Thursday from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, the Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council will present a City Council Candidate Forum at the Amphitheater at the North Common. (Rain site is the Lafeyette Club at 465 Fletcher Street). The topic for this forum is “Public Safety & Neighborhood Issues.” Three other…
Read More »In the spring and the fall each year, I lead free public tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. This month, tours will occur on Friday, September 9 at 1 pm and Saturday, September 10 at 10 am. Another set will occur on Friday, September 23 at 1 pm and Saturday, September…
Read More »Last October I traveled to Houston to attend the funeral of David McNerney, a Lowell native who was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam and who also was my mother’s cousin. Up early the morning of the funeral, I tuned the radio in my hotel room to a local…
Read More »Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference had his day with the Stanley Cup yesterday and he spent it in the North End, his current neighborhood of residence. Transporting the trophy with his bicycle and trailer that usually holds his two young daughters, Ference visited the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and then arrived…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, Paul Osterman writes about what lack of work and poorly paying jobs do to individuals and families. He describes a reality check in Texas, where there is talk of plenty of jobs. Read the essay here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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