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As this story from the Daily National Intelligencer (Washington D.C.) on New Year’s Day 1847 reminds us, be careful out there tonight and tomorrow: FATAL ACCIDENT AT LOWELL. — The Lowell Courier of Saturday states that a young man named HALL fell from the sixth story of the large Middlesex…
Read More »With no city council meeting last or this week due to Christmas and New Year’s, there’s not much new to report on politics in the city. That’s good because with this being the final Sunday of 2013, it’s time to review the year in local politics. Here are some observations…
Read More »Yesterday morning I lugged my green rectangular recycling box out to the snowbank that serves as a curb and plopped it down on a level surface lest it slide away. The weight of accumulated newspapers and torn-up wrapping paper helped to hold it in place. A half dozen cardboard tubes,…
Read More »With Christmas in the middle, it was a slow week for real estate in Lowell: December 23, 2013 – Monday 3 Putnam Ave for $148,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $175,900 57 Stanley St for $142,500. Prior sale in 2012 for $114,000 1975 Middlesex St Unit 69 for $279,600. New…
Read More »Tony Sampas shared these photos he recently took of University Crossing which is on the site of the former St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Read More »On Christmas night and again yesterday, I noticed some Tweets on Twitter by people who had received Legendary Locals of Lowell as Christmas gifts. Thank you to all who made those selections and to those who received the book as a gift, I hope you enjoy it. The book is…
Read More »Back by popular demand from last Christmas: [youtube]Ioxqgafd0yY[/youtube]
Read More »Here are some of the highlights from Channel 99, Lowell’s municipal access cable station for 2013: [youtube]5v-CXc1_nfE[/youtube] And here’s another video from LTC offering glimpses of some of the other programming available on Lowell cable access: [youtube]15NES_AM0kU[/youtube]
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Here’s a review of Lowell politics for the week past: Outbreak of Violence This week’s outbreak of violence has to be the big story of the week. Wednesday night a man was murdered in an apartment on Second Street in Centralville and Thursday afternoon three men were shot in their…
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