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Earlier today I received an email asking for help in identifying this political button. The query explained that the button is 2-1/4” across and that it was made by Universal Badge, probably in the late 1960s, early 1970s. Since the only “Kennedy” of that generation who served as a member…
Read More »Here’s an account of the Blizzard of 1978 that I wrote on its 15th anniversary in 1993. In February 1978, I was a sophomore at Providence College which is where I experienced that historic event. In the days before cameras were ubiquitous, all most of us have are our memories. …
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At 6:30 am on Monday, it’s 8 degrees and cloudy in Lowell. By this time yesterday, the National Weather Service had already issued a blizzard watch for eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island (since upgraded to a blizzard warning). Just moments ago, Matt Noyes on New England Cable News just said…
Read More »Blizzard Watch From the National Weather Service . . . THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS…EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW…STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.…
Read More »The following real estate transactions took place in Lowell last week: January 19, 2015 – Monday Martin Luther King Day – registry closed January 20, 2015 – Tuesday 200 Market St Unit 4002 for $95,246. Prior sale in 2005 for $115,000 January 21, 2015 – Wednesday 45 Stevens St Unit…
Read More »At a dignified and classy ceremony at historic Faneuil Hall last evening, Maura Healey took the oath of office as the 55th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The oath was administered by Ralph Gants, the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who was joined on stage…
Read More »Although nothing was mentioned at last night’s city council meeting about the recent trip to Cambodia by a delegation from Lowell led by Mayor Rodney Elliott and Councilor Rita Mercier, the group did make the news in that country. The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported over the weekend that Mayor Elliott…
Read More »Reappointment of Nancy Pitkin, Salmira Mitchell and Marianne Gries to Pollard Memorial Library board of trustees. Endorsed unanimously by council. Vote to trade parking spaces for WCAP employees at Early Garage in exchange for radio advertisements promoting the city of Lowell. Manager Murphy says there’s been such an arrangement with…
Read More »Mary-Jo Griffin, the Director of Community Affairs at Middlesex Community College, shared this account of today’s “Celebrating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” event which was organized by The Lura Smith Fund of the Middlesex Community College Foundation and was held at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.…
Read More »Lowell High School Earlier this week City Manager Murphy relayed information that when the State School Building Assistance Board this March officially releases the names of projects it will undertake, Lowell High School will be on it. The state board will then descend on the city and conduct an assessment…
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