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Formerly St. Joseph’s Hospital soon to be University Crossing. Photo by Tony Sampas.
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State Primary Election this Thursday
That’s right. There’s an election this Thursday; the State Primary. I’ve mentioned it to ten people this weekend and not one knew or remembered that fact so turnout will be abysmally low. There aren’t many contested races on the ballot in this year’s primary, but you should still go and…
Read More »St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour – October 6
Dave McKean sends along this notice of his annual tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Join us for our Annual Historical Walking Tour Saturday, October 6th at St. Patrick Cemetery 1251 Gorham Street, Lowell, MA. Find out how the first generation of Irish pioneers lived and died. The tour is free…
Read More »More tours in Lowell
Yesterday’s New York Times carried a story about the soaring popularity to bus-borne guided tours conducted by the Hollywood gossip website, TMZ. Unlike the classic Hollywood tour that gave visitors a peek at Clark Gable’s swimming pool, the TMZ Tour shows you where Halle Berry totaled her car when she…
Read More »Purple Fountain Grass
Purple Fountain Grass at the corner of Middlesex and Wood Streets (Rourke Bridge). Courtesy of Lowell Pride – Adopt an Island. Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »By the Merrimack, foot of Wilder Street
Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »City Council Succession and Vote Totals
With the resignation of Kevin Broderick and the ascension of John Leahy as his replacement, I started thinking of other instances when sitting councilors left before the end of a two-year term. Both my memory and my records on the Elections section of this site are a bit sketchy, so…
Read More »“In search of grape leaves” by Bette Skandalis
Blog co-author Paul Marion recently discovered the blog of a friend of his from Dracut High School – Bette Skandalis – who is now a writer living in Cambridge. On her blog, called First Lines, Bette writes about “the interplay of food, family and love” with many of her stories…
Read More »“Nobody Beats the Fizz: Lowell’s Engines of 21st Century Development” by Bob Forrant
UMass Lowell Professor Bob Forrant shared the following essay that explores the relationship between the city of Lowell, the University, and the National Park: Introduction For thirty-seven years I’ve lived and worked in Massachusetts industrial cities and for the last twenty-five I’ve thought a lot about how cities like Springfield,…
Read More »Kevin Broderick to resign from City Council?
Rob Mills (@Robert_Mills) tweeted this earlier this evening: City Councilor Kevin Broderick just confirmed to me that he plans to resign tomorrow night to spend more time with his wife and five kids That’s certainly big news in Lowell politics. Normally the tenth place finisher in the last council election…
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