I know it’s unlikely, but just in case any of our readers didn’t realize it, the Lowell Folk Festival begins tomorrow night and lasts through the weekend. We’ll have photos, video and text reports posted throughout and welcome contributions from everyone. So if you have reviews, observations, pictures, whatever, just…
Here’s a press release from the Van Pech for City Council Campaign: VAN PECH OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF 2013 COUNCIL CAMPAIGN Candidate shares priorities to capacity crowd of Lowell voters Lowell, MA – Although he’s already knocked on over 2,000 doors and been meeting with voters for several months now, Van…
The following essay by Tooch Van explores his journey from a young child in Cambodia to an adult and father in Lowell today. Guest essays are always welcome here. Send yours to DickHoweJr@gmail.com. From Phnom Penh to Lowell: A Journey of the international student from Cambodia: This I believe I…
When it comes to clothing choices when traveling overseas, I’ve always thought it best to try to blend in, or at least not to stand out. That means that obvious stuff like Red Sox t-shirts and Lowell National Park ball caps get left at home. But when I got on…
Saturday night I refereed a debate between two friends, both from a younger generation than me, over the necessity of air conditioning. One combatant maintained that even here in New England, modern home and building design made artificial cooling a necessity; the other maintained that while A/C is certainly pleasant,…
“(We hope) that our transportation crisis will be solved by a bigger plane or a wider road, mental illness with a pill, poverty with a law, slums with a bulldozer, urban conflict with a gas, racism with a goodwill gesture.” – Philip E. Slater “Wisdom demands a new orientation of…
From my vantage point, the real estate recovery is reality and no longer just hype. Here are the Lowell sales for the past week: July 15, 2013 (Monday) 16 Merrimack St Unit 4D for $90,000 29 School St Unit 29 for $174,500 13 Wiltshire Cir for $189,000 356 Wentworth Ave…
I was disappointed to miss the state Democratic Convention in Lowell last Saturday (although faced with the choice of vacationing in Berlin with my wife or spending a Saturday at the Tsongas Center with a thousand political activists, Berlin wins every time). Thankfully, frequent contributor Jim Peters attended the convention…
It was last Wednesday, our first afternoon in Berlin. Struggling to stay awake against the effects of losing a night’s sleep by flying across the Atlantic, we found a peaceful cafe with outdoor seating along the banks of the Spree River right in the heart of Berlin for a late…