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Tony Sampas reminds us of a classic Lowell place to get comfort food in the dead of winter
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Tips for Safe Shoveling
With another big storm on our door steps, this video by Somerville TV provides some nice tips for proper snow shoveling…by the way, it seems I do it ALL wrong. No wonder my back is sore! This video was originally post by SomervilleCityTV. Or you could always try this method…it…
Read More »Councilor Murphy responds to Lowell Sun
There was a letter to the editor from City Councilor Patrick Murphy published in yesterday’s Lowell Sun in which the councilor responded to an article and an editorial about his relationship with Councilor Bud Caulfield. The full text of the letter, which is also on Murphy’s own website, is as…
Read More »Boston Accent With a Lowell Twist – The Oscars
January 26, 2011
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Boston Globe writers Ty Burr and Wesley Morris remind us this morning in their report on the Academy Award nominations, that the results have a decidedly ‘Boston and environs” voice. Check out the full article “Oscar acquires a Boston accent” here. Stay tuned for Oscar Night on Sunday February 27, 2011.
Read More »Touting “The Fighter” in Lowell – Channel 5 Film at 11
Channel 5 reporter Kelley Tuthill came to Lowell this morning looking for reaction to the fate of “The Fighter” on this Academy Award nomination day. On the 6 o’clock edition of the news we caught Tuthill meeting with Micky Ward and Dicky Ekland for an interview at the Owl Diner and with Mickey…
Read More »‘Don’t Know Much About History’. . . or Science
The NYTimes today reports on dismal results in a recent national test on science knowledge administered to 4th, 8th, and 12th graders (the 12th grade sample is much smaller than the elementary school samples). Read the results here, and get the NYT if you want more. But the results showed…
Read More »Lowell-made “The Fighter” Garners Seven Academy Award Nominations
Today in a live early-morning ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Lowell-made movie “The Fighter” based on the life of Lowell fighter “Irish” Micky Ward and his family garnered six Oscar nominations for –…
Read More »“The Fighter” on location in Lowell
In anticipation of “The Fighter” receiving some Academy Award nominations later today, here’s another view of the Google map mashup I created to show the various places in Lowell where filming of “The Fighter” occurred. You might want to check out the original post which has 31+ helpful comments from…
Read More »A snow bank near UMass Lowell
With another 12 inches on the way, Tony Sampas reminds us of the amount of snow already on the ground.
Read More »Clay Buchholz @ Lowell Spinners Alumni Awards
Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox wins 2011 Dick Berardino Award at the Lowell Spinners Alumni Awards Dinner from Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA on January 19, 2011. This video was originally posted by bkrudy.
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