Scenes from the African Festival
Members of the procession, African Festival, Lowell Heritage State Park Esplanade and Sampas Pavilion, June 16, 2012. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Members of the procession, African Festival, Lowell Heritage State Park Esplanade and Sampas Pavilion, June 16, 2012. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the tragic 1972 fire at the Hotel Vendome in Boston (corner of Commonwealth Ave and Dartmouth Street) that left nine Boston firefighters dead (See Globe story of memorial ceremony). The 1871 building was under renovations at the time and was largely unoccupied. The fire…
Read More »This year, my interest in pro sports waned I think because of some combination of the late season collapse by the Red Sox, the loss in the Super Bowl by the Patriots, and the refusal of Tim Thomas to join his Stanley Cup winning teammates at the White House. I…
Read More »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 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is often called the second most powerful person in Washington. Federal Reserve monetary policy has a powerful…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (above) and State Senator Eileen Donoghue (below) formally opened their joint headquarters today at 73 East Merrimack Street in Lowell, directly across from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Read More »The Global War Veterans of Greater Lowell conducted a Flag Retirement Ceremony today at Lowell’s Westlawn Ceremony. Shown above are three members of the Global War Vets (from left, Greg Page, Eric LaMarche and Thayer Eastman) with members of the Lowell High School Junior Air Force ROTC detachment and a…
Read More »African Festival, Lowell Heritage State Park Esplanade and Sampas Pavilion, June 16, 2012. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »The Merrimack Street face of the City Hall clock which apparently is under repair. Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »There have been several announcements recently that the city of Lowell is now using a web tool called SeeClickFix to better allow residents to communicate non-emergency problems to City Hall. A concise explanation of SeeClickFix can be found in this Wikipedia entry. You can access the site anonymously and either…
Read More »Anyone interested in social media in Lowell should stop by Ward Eight, the (relatively) new restaurant & pub at 280 Central Street (at the corner of Central and Green in the former JJ Turner’s Pub) at 5:30 tonight. Many of the city’s most active Twitter users will be gathering there…
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