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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…
Read More »Twenty-five years ago today, Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed as were 11 people on the ground. The bomb was the work of agents of the Libyan government. A monument to the victims stands…
Read More »Here are real estate sales of property in Lowell from this past week. There was certainly a surge in activity which is a good sign although I suspect it’s partly attributable to few people wanting to purchase houses in the coming week with Christmas right in the middle of it.…
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