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Thanks to the 270+ people who joined me on tours of the Lowell Cemetery over the past ten days. On Friday, September 27, there were 60 people on the tour; on Saturday, September 28, there were 100; on Friday, October 4 in the pouring rain, 10 hardy individuals showed up…
Read More »In his Sunday Notes today, Gerry Nutter says that all the negativity about city government coming from the Sun and WCAP is designed to suppress voter turnout on November 5. I agree. Be sure to read his full post. A sample of it follows: That is all fact, it supports…
Read More »This Saturday (October 5) at 2 pm at the Tewksbury Public Library at 300 Chandler Street, Dan Kennedy, the founder of the Media Nation blog, will give a talk about this new book, The Wired City. This is a great chance for all who are active in the Lowell blogosphere…
Read More »I saw “Lost Child – Sayon’s Journey” at it’s Lowell premiere. It’s an excellent film that provides important insight into the experience of many of our Cambodian neighbors here in Lowell. Please consider attending this free screening at UMass Lowell. The film’s website is here and the following release tells…
Read More »City council candidate Van Pech took advantage of my offer to post information from or about any campaign by pointing me to the following article about the Voter Awareness Night he organized last week. The article first appeared in the KhmerPost USA and is being republished with permission: What do…
Read More »The final Fall 2013 tours of historic Lowell Cemetery will be held this Friday at 1 pm and this Saturday at 10 am. Both tours begin just inside the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery (which is right next to Shedd Park). The tours take 90 minutes, are free, and…
Read More »Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) will host a City Council candidates forum on Wednesday Oct. 9th from 6:30-8:30 PM. The event will be telecast live on LTC channel 8 and LTC.org [youtube]suHWji0J_qc[/youtube]
Read More »City Council candidate Derek Mitchell shared the following press release this evening: From Derek Mitchell, candidate for Lowell City Council Lowell — In contrast to recent community commentary, I believe the perceived distinctions between new and old Lowell to be false. We are all simply, ‘Lowell’, with common aspirations to…
Read More »Lowell City Council meeting – October 2, 2013 A relatively brief and quite cordial meeting. Here’s my report: Sean Harmon of Harmon Paints briefs the council on his efforts to organize a voluntary, donated renovation of the City Council chambers. Councilors express their appreciation but have questions about the cost…
Read More »Fellow blogger Gerry Nutter asked City Manager Bernie Lynch for his thoughts on the recent preliminary election and on the criticisms of his administration coming from some in the mainstream media. Gerry posted the City Manager’s response on his blog. When I asked, Gerry granted me permission to repost it…
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