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The Planning Board and Neighborhood Opposition
Arriving home from my own meeting sometime after 9 last night, I glanced at my Twitter feed and was surprised to learn that the Lowell Planning Board was still debating the merits of the proposed charter school on outer Middlesex Street just past the Rourke Bridge. I turned on my…
Read More »Coming to a door near you
The Ed Markey for US Senate campaign held a regional strategy session yesterday at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation that was attended by about 70 people. (And before the you-know-what stirrers out there knock LTC, the campaign rented the space at the going rate for such functions). Much of the statewide field…
Read More »The “sequester” and Lowell
I was happy to see that the Lowell National Park’s Visitor Center on Market Street opened on time yesterday and showed no immediate impact of the budget cutting “sequester” that went into effect on Friday. As the most visible Federal government presence in the city, the Lowell National Park will…
Read More »Innovation at the Museum of Fine Arts
A thoughtful friend gave a Christmas gift of a membership at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and two weeks ago, during February school vacation, we drove to Huntington Avenue to make use of it. Art museums were never high on my “to do” list until I had a chance to…
Read More »Eliot Church
The Eliot Church viewed from the Acre on a rainy night. By Tony Sampas.
Read More »Bill McDermott and me
The Boston papers today carry stories of the sudden death of William A. McDermott Jr., a 67-year old attorney from South Boston who has long been recognized as one of the state’s election law experts. McDermott died Wednesday night when he was struck by a car after leaving his South…
Read More »Boulevards and Parking Spaces
I confess to having missed the last couple of council meetings and I was late tuning in last night, but when I did, I caught a portion of the debate about adding traffic and parking along Fr. Morissette Boulevard. Whenever I hear the council debating the merits of on-street parking…
Read More »Legendary Locals of Lowell: Index (Part VIII – Final)
Here’s the final installment of the index of Legendary Locals of Lowell. The book will be out in less than two weeks. For more information about the book, where to purchase it, and readings/book signings that have already been scheduled, check out our Legendary Locals of Lowell page. Sweeney, Joseph,…
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The 2nd Annual Lowell Writers and Publishers Winter Roundup, February 23, 2013. Photo by Tony Sampas.
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