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Downtown Lowell at Christmas
This morning I went Christmas shopping in downtown Lowell and took photos of some of the store windows decorated for Christmas. Here’s a video slideshow. [youtube]MPX73PrkX3I[/youtube]
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John Kerry’s electoral history
With John Kerry being nominated today to serve as America’s next Secretary of State, his career in elective office is almost certainly at an end. Here is a Lowell-centric record of the eight general elections (and corresponding primaries) in which he appeared on the ballot: 1972 – Congress – 5th…
Read More »Fiscal cliff or fiscal scam?
Listening to some national commentators this morning, at first I thought they were discussing the Mayan prediction that the world would end today but it soon became clear they were discussing the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” that will be dominating political news over the next two weeks. Back in 2011 when…
Read More »“2012: The End is Here” by JibJab
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Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Google Zeitgeist 2012
Here’s Google’s excellent year in review video: [youtube]xY_MUB8adEQ[/youtube]
Read More »Pat Mogan on Lowell
Dr. Patrick Mogan was buried this week. He is best known as the Father of the Lowell National Park but he was much more than that. Is there anyone else in America who served as a city’s Superintendent of Schools and as the community’s chief urban planner? Mogan more than…
Read More »St Patrick’s and Holy Trinity
Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »“Visit from St Nick” replay
Here’s a replay of my “Lowell recites a Visit from Saint Nicholas” video [youtube]Ioxqgafd0yY[/youtube]
Read More »Vigil in Lowell for victims of Newtown massacre
More than 50 people gathered this evening at a snow-dusted Tyler Park for a candlelight vigil for the victims of Friday’s mass shooting in Connecticut. With sleet lightly falling, most huddled under the three small canopy tents someone had brought and shared a flame from candle to candle. A couple…
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