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Thanks to Judy Davidson of the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group for sending along the above 2012 Presidential campaign relic photograph which she captured during a downtown walk. (By the way, reader photographs are always welcome so please send them along). Then early this morning during a neighborhood walk, I noticed…
Read More »New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd visited Lowell High School to speak with students about the importance of financial planning. His visit was sponsored by National Financial Educators Council, Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union and Yahoo, which sent a camera crew to film his visit (it should be on the…
Read More »Paul posted this video from the Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council on Facebook earlier today. I hadn’t seen the video, which was uploaded to YouTube by the Council back in September: [youtube]NURt5MO2s0c[/youtube]
Read More »Tony Sampas sent along this image, the accompanying story and the following background information: This rendering of General Butler was originally located in Memorial Hall (now the Reference Hall of the Pollard Memorial Library). Its present location is unknown as it may have been destroyed or lost following the disastrous…
Read More »Here’s Dr. Patrick Mogan expounding on his vision of Lowell as an “educative city” in a 1995 video: [youtube]CRztwDJAhPs[/youtube]
Read More »From the UMass Lowell website: [youtube]Ldl81SoKvqc[/youtube]
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »The following video, “Roots of an Urban Cultural Park”, was produced in 1991 by Lowell’s Human Services Corporation to tell the back story of the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage State Park. Featured in the video are Pat Mogan, Marie Sweeney, the late Peter Stamas, the late…
Read More »Here’s some video from last night’s City of Lights parade. It features the Lowell High marching band, Lowell High cheerleaders and JROTC, and the UMass Lowell marching band. [youtube]KoBh_MTFoMU[/youtube]
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the recent election: It has been a good few weeks. In the first place, we (Democrats, or the American People, or some group), won. Three weeks before the election, I walked into the Tsongas Headquarters and told a few of the people…
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