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Ed. Note: Last Friday night at the Nelson Mandela Memorial event at the Lowell Community Charter Public School, Fru Nkimbeng eloquently reminded everyone that Africa is a complex continent made up of many unique countries and cultures. Too often we here in America who do not have direct ties to…

If you’re anxious for spring to arrive so you can join a tour of historic Lowell Cemetery, you can get a preview tomorrow (Tuesday, December 17, 2013) at the Lowell Senior Center. That’s when I’ll give a presentation on the Lowell Cemetery at NOON. It’s free and everyone is invited.…

State Senator Eileen Donoghue is hosting an event to benefit the Sun Santa Fund on Monday, December 16, 2013 at La Boniche Restaurant, 143 Merrimack Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations may be made payable to “The Sun Santa Fund.”

December 9, 2013 – Monday 62 Corinthian Dr for $365,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $193,135 89 Fremont St for $180,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $168,000 December 10, 2013 – Tuesday 398 Westford St for $220,000. Prior sale in 1972 75 Gates St for $152,000. Prior sale in 2009…

Here are some observations on the past week in Lowell politics. Most of the items covered below come from last Tuesday’s City Council meeting which I covered in detail in a previous post. Downtown Businesses The item that dominated the discussion at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting was the state…

The African Cultural Association of Greater Lowell in collaboration with the Lowell Community Charter Public School organized a memorial celebration in honor of the late Nelson Mandela tonight at the Charter School on Jackson Street in Lowell. The fast moving program consisted of speeches, music, dancing and a video tribute.…

“For preventing disorders, arising in several places within this jurisdiction by reason of some still observing such festivals as were superstitiously kept in other communities, to the great dishonor of God and offense of others: it is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof that whosoever shall be…

Today was trash pickup day in the Highlands and a few people were overly anxious to use their new green recycling bins. The small sampling of the neighborhood streets I was on revealed that maybe one out of ten households had the green containers out with their maroon trash containers…

Thirty-six years ago tonight a fire broke out in a dormitory at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. Ten students died in the fire. I was a sophomore at the school at the time and memories of the fire and its aftermath stay with me today. I wrote a blog…