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Howl in Lowell visits downtown diners
Howl in Lowell pays a visit to three classic diner cars in downtown Lowell: The Club Diner, Arthur’s Paradise Diner, and The Owl Diner. [youtube]t9VwgH9lmvo[/youtube]
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Paul Marion’s remarks after receiving Community Spirit Award
Paul Marion with his wife Rosemary and son Joseph. Photo courtesy of Kevin Harkins of Harkins Photography. Fellow blogger Paul Marion was presented the Tom Kelakos Community Spirit Award last evening by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell. Here are the remarks Paul made in accepting the award: . .…
Read More »Putnam County Spelling Bee at LHS
The Lowell High School Fine Arts Department gave the community another outstanding stage performance this evening, presenting The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to a crowded Cyrus W. Irish Auditorium. The crowd which included many LHS staff members and School Committee members Jim Leary and Kim Scott was especially…
Read More »Mass Memories in Lowell
The Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project operated by UMass Boston set up shop in Lowell today at the Tsongas Industrial History Center within the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. More than 100 Lowell residents brought vintage and current photographs to be scanned, archived, and made available on…
Read More »Subscribe to LTC’s YouTube Channel
[youtube]5ztImOoaato[/youtube] Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC), the city’s public access cable TV organization, has launched its own channel on YouTube. Several staff members have uploaded promotional videos similar to the one shown above. Even though LTC operates cable TV channels, everyone there acknowledges that people’s video viewing habits are changing…
Read More »Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell to honor Paul Marion
Tomorrow night at Lenzi’s our own Paul Marion will be honored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell with the Tom Kelakos Community Spirit Award. Tom was the owner of LOMEDCO medical supply company and was a member of Kiwanis for nearly 50 years. Tom’s legacy is one of quiet…
Read More »Globe’s Bob Ryan on New England college basketball
Every once in a while Bob Ryan reminds us of why he’s got such a great reputation as a sports writer. His piece in today’s Globe is a masterpiece of reporting. Ryan spent several months this winter crisscrossing New England to see every men’s NCAA Division 1 basketball team play…
Read More »More on Mass Memories Road Show
This coming Saturday the Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project organized by UMass Boston, will visit Lowell. This will be the 50th community in the Commonwealth that the Road Show will visit. Their goal is to do all 351 cities and towns in the state. The Lowell…
Read More »Lowell Government Channel switch tonight
Remember, at the stroke of midnight tonight, Lowell’s government access programing will jump from cable channel 10 to cable channel 99. So if you want to watch the city council meeting tomorrow night – and who wouldn’t? – be sure to tune to channel 99.
Read More »Mass Memories Road Show this Saturday
Bring your Lowell photographs to Tsongas Industrial History center, located at the Boot Mills, 115 John St. in Lowell this Saturday, March 24, from 10am-3pm for a community history project. Your photos will be scanned and immediately handed back to you and you might be asked to go on camera…
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