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This is a re-post from the LowellDeeds blog from earlier today: I spent this morning at the Tsongas Arena helping to staff the housing booth at the Money Strong for Life Fair organized by the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union and attended by nearly 300 seniors from Lowell High School. This…
Read More »After 90 minutes of citizen comment on City Councilor Rita Mercier’s motion to, among other things, hold a vote of no confidence in Mayor Murphy next week, the Lowell City Council adopted by an 8 to 0 vote a substitute motion by Councilor Marty Lorrey that said essentially that the…
Read More »On Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 11:00 A.M., the Lowell Historical Society will host a book signing event for Legendary Locals of Lowell, the new book I co-wrote with Mike Rosenberg. The event will take place at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation which is at 246 Market Street. The entrance to LTC…
Read More »[youtube]w918Eh3fij0[/youtube] I finally got to see the movie Argo, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for best film. The movie is based on a little-known success in the otherwise disastrous 1979 seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian militants. Six Americans slipped out of the embassy while it…
Read More »Photos and text by Tony Sampas: From the UMass Lowell Capital Improvement webpage: “The South Campus garage will provide parking spaces for 762 cars on South Campus. Tucked between Mahoney Hall and Riverview Parking Lot, the garage will be conveniently located to all South Campus facilities. The six-and-one-half level open-parking…
Read More »The Lowell Senate Primary Debate will take place at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall on April 8th at 7pm. More details as they become available.
Read More »Lowell Police Superintendent Ken Lavallee, who will retire at the end of this week, appeared at last night’s City Council meeting to bid farewell to the councilors. He thanked them for their support for him and for the Lowell Police Department through the years and urged them to continue making…
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Read More »Tomorrow (Monday, March 25) at 7:00 pm, Chaim Rosenberg and I will do a reading/book signing of our new book, Legendary Locals of Lowell, at the Tewksbury Public Library which is at 300 Chandler Street in Tewksbury. For more information, visit the library’s website.
Read More »The dates and times for this spring’s tours of Lowell Cemetery have been set: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1 pm Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10 am Friday, May 31, 2013 at 1 pm Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 10 am The spring tours all begin at the Lawrence…
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