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Memorial Day is an official Federal Holiday that is observed on the final Monday of May each year. The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember and to honor those who have died while serving in the armed forces of the United States. The holiday originated in the years following…
Read More »Excuse my delay in posting but this morning I was at the Greater Lowell Veterans Council Memorial Day service – look for a blog post about it later today. Here are my observations of this week in Lowell politics: Customer Service Tuesday’s council meeting was pretty sedate until the final…
Read More »Here’s the talk I gave at TEDx Lowell a couple of weeks ago: [youtube]1UWwv3mTSTU[/youtube]
Read More »May 19, 2014 – Monday 36 Fulton St for $160,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $77,000 May 20, 2014 – Tuesday 137 Pine St Unit 11 for $90,000. Prior sale in 1981 51 Boynton St for $185,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $105,000 39 Harvard St for $289,900. Prior sale…
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Read More »The ongoing US District Court corruption trial of the former leaders of the state’s Department of Probation is getting some attention here in Lowell, partly because the case grew out of a Globe Spotlight expose so that newspaper is covering the trial extensively, and partly because several current and former…
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Read More »Judith Durant and Nancy Pitkin sent this story about their recent visit to the American Textile History Museum at 491 Dutton Street in Lowell: A treasure trove of historic literature is preserved and catalogued in the Osborne Library of the American Textile History Museum. On Tuesday, May 20, we attended…
Read More »Little Free Library is an organization that promotes the sharing of books by small neighborhood repositories maintained by individuals in the community. I’d read about the practice and a short time ago spotted the above installation off Mass Ave in Cambridge. I chose to post the photo on Facebook yesterday…
Read More »This coming Saturday, May 24, 2014 from 4pm until 6pm, the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will hold a Ham & Bean Supper at the Centralville Social Club, 364 West 6th Street in Lowell, to raise funds for the restoration of the recently discovered Solon Perkins Civil War battle flag (shown…
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