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Frequent contributor Jim Peters sends shares some observations: There is a lot of news on the local front right now, although you would not know it by getting the local newspaper. Since it dropped Lowell from its title, it has not had much to do with the city. Even the…
Read More »There will be a free tour of St Patrick’s Cemetery this Saturday (June 8, 2013) at 10am beginning from the cemetery office on Gorham Street. Here’s what Dave McKean, on the “Lowell Irish” blog, writes about the tour: In the not too distant past Gorham Street was lined with monument…
Read More »Some Lowell photos from Tony Sampas. Canal Street (above) and the Pollard Memorial Library colonade (below)
Read More »I always try to remember major events in American history with a blog post. Today is the 69th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Below is a repeat of a post I did last year. Above and below are photos from a family visit to…
Read More »Anyone wondering why the real estate market is taking so long to recover from the bursting of the bubble in 2007 should consider the price swings over the past decade. This information is from the LowellDeeds blog which shows the median sales price of deeds recorded during a given year. …
Read More »Yesterday morning I was a guest on the local cable TV show, City Life, along with Marie Sweeney and Casey Crane. That will be a name familiar to anyone who lived in Lowell in the 1990s, because Casey (also known as Elenore Rinaldi) was the co-host of a morning talk…
Read More »[youtube]5mDppq5wGzc[/youtube] Here’s a video from Derek Mitchell who is running for the Lowell City Council.
Read More »More than 150 Greater Lowell supporters of Ed Markey’s campaign for US Senate gathered today at Hookslide Kelly’s in downtown Lowell for what must be considered one of the most memorable political events in recent city history. Joining Markey on stage and speaking to the crowd were US Senator Elizabeth…
Read More »Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and State Senator Eileen Donoghue will join US Senate candidate Ed Markey for a rally in Lowell tomorrow (Saturday, June 1) at 4pm at Hookslide Kelly’s at 19 Merrimack Street. With the election on June 25, there are only a couple of weeks to…
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