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Lowell High School and City Hall
Photo by Tony Sampas.
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Made in Lowell
Late yesterday morning I walked down to the UML Inn & Conference Center to visit the exhibitors at “Made in Lowell”, a celebration of immigrant entrepreneurs and their businesses in the city. Although I didn’t stay for the luncheon and the speeches, I roamed the exhibit space and spoke with…
Read More »The Petraeus Matter
I was going to title this post “The Petraeus Affair” but that sounded a bit awkward. Since this thing first broke, I’ve harbored suspicions that there’s got to be more to it because as it stands now, it reads like the script of a modern-day Marx Brothers movie. Despite me…
Read More »Lowell Historical Society Heads
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Read More »View from the Boott Mill
Views from within the Boott Mill. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »UTEC Grand Opening
This afternoon was the Grand Opening of the new UTEC facility on Hurd Street. The facility is an architectural marvel, both inside and out, joining the historic St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (1839) with a brand new 7500 square foot, three story addition. The first floor of the addition features…
Read More »Trash pick-up on normal schedule
Sorry to be a bit late with this reminder, but trash pick-up in the city of Lowell this week will be on the normal schedule and not delayed one day despite Monday being the observance of Veterans Day. So put your trash out on the normal schedule if you haven’t…
Read More »Worcester water crisis
Yesterday at about noon a major water main in Worcester burst, flooding a building at Worcester State University and forcing the city to shut of its entire water supply overnight to make repairs. Imagine waking up and not having a ready supply of clean, safe water – no shower, no…
Read More »Switching to unenrolled
Taking advantage of the adhesive-weakening sunlight this weekend, I switched my car’s party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Removing bumper stickers is also easier when the candidates won.
Read More »Leaves
In a strange way, nature cooperated with leaf clean-up this fall. Hurricane Sandy’s glancing blow provided enough limb-shaking wind to bring most of the leaves to the ground. This weekend, three days long for some, provided perfect weather for working outside. After filling 120 of the brown paper 30 gallon…
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