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Two years ago I wrote a post about a deadly fire at Providence College back in 1977. The post has now acquired 22 comments, two just today. I’ve reposted my story and the comments here in memory of the ten students who perished 34 years ago tonight. Early in the…
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Read More »Grab your video camera and fire up your imagination. The City of Lowell is sponsoring a “Promotional Spot Contest.” Your 15 second video should tell viewers why Lowell is a great place “to live, work and play.” The submission deadline is Jan. 18th, 2013, 5 pm and the winning entry…
Read More »A friend on a lunch break captured the above photo of today’s fire at a Lowell Housing Authority apartment complex at the Bishop Markham complex. The site of the fire faced the South Common and was in the vicinity of the South and Summer Street intersection. A large amount of…
Read More »Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren visited Hookslide Kelly’s in Lowell last night to thank the supporters who helped propel her to an eight point victory statewide (54% to 46%) and an even bigger win in Lowell (59% to 41%). Lynne at Left in Lowell recorded Warren’s remarks and has the video available…
Read More »Catie Bisson was a 2008 graduate of Lowell High School who succumbed to a chronic heart ailment in 2010 while a sophomore at Bridgewater State College. I got to know Catie a bit while she was at Lowell High: She and my son Andrew were both in the band and…
Read More »PLEASE READ this very important column on the consequences of income inequality. It’s by John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. The fiscal cliff is approaching fast. Everyone knows…
Read More »A community video mashup . . . [youtube]Ioxqgafd0yY[/youtube]
Read More »Today is Pear Harbor Remembrance Day. At 11 am, the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will hold its annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. In recognition of Pearl Harbor Day, Tom O’Brien shared the following information about his late uncle,…
Read More »Last night the Pollard Memorial Library Board of Trustees and the PML Foundation hosted a reception to celebrate the official unveiling of a number of restored works of art long owned by the library. Perhaps the centerpiece of the restoration effort was the painting “Venezia” by Lowell-native David Neal (1838-1915)…
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