The East Pawtucketville neighborhood group shared a notice of its upcoming “Green” event which will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2012 Here are the particulars: East Pawtucketville: GREEN & FUN! Come spend a day enjoying the neighborhood. When: September 29, 2012 TIME: 10 AM – 4 PM Where: Gershom…
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Cotton Warehouse, French Street, Lowell – Photo by Tony Sampas.
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Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this essay: When I was a child, my father was fairly disgusted with my attempts to get out of anything having to do with arithmetic which is mathematics now. I once wanted to be a farmer, not an outrageous goal for a kid living…
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It’s time once again for our tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. They are free, require no registration and involve 90 minutes of walking and talking our way around the Cemetery. Because there is so much of interest in Lowell Cemetery, I’ve split it in two for our tours. In the…
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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. A housing bubble burst. Homeowners defaulted on mortgages. Banks foreclosed on homes. Add in a loosely regulated shadow banking system and the…
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While walking through the grounds of the Whistler House Museum of Art yesterday on our way to the “Bernie & Bill” exhibit, the person I was with exclaimed “what a beautiful butterfly bush!” I’d probably heard of such a shrub before but the name never made much of an impression…
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No, I’m not writing about Bernie Lynch today. “Bernie & Bill” is the name of a new exhibit at Lowell’s Whistler House Museum of Art featuring the works of Lowell artists Bernard Petruzziello and Vassilios “Bill” Giavis. Both produce excellent work but I’ve long been a fan of Bill Giavis.…
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Tom Sexton has been sending us dispatches from the road as he, his wife, Sharyn, and their trusty dog make their annual drive from Alaska to Maine. Below are some photos Tom sent from Mundare in Alberta, Canada. Here’s what Wikipedia has about the town: Mundare is a small town…
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Scenes from the 33rd Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contests, Boarding House Park, September 8, 2012, Lowell Massachusetts – photos by Tony Sampas.
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