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At work I subscribe to an email service from the Governor’s office that notifies recipients anytime the Governor orders flags to be flown at half-staff. The text of one that arrived today went something like this: Please be advised that Governor Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and…
Read More »The behavior of (some) late night occupants of downtown Lowell has been a trending topic in Lowell’s blogosphere with kad barma writing about it here and here; Left in Lowell here and here; and our own post here. The police have increased their presence which is a good thing; a…
Read More »Images from Lowell Cemetery, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Books were very much on my mind this weekend. I’m nearing the end of “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War” by Tony Horwitz. The book is about the abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) that hardened…
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. The story has been around so long it is hard to know if it is a myth. A little old lady walks…
Read More »Today I attended the Lowell area small press book publishers round-up at the Old Court. Authors and publishers had tables around the perimeter of the large second floor of the pub, displaying their books, chatting with the many readers in attendance and with each other, and autographing copies for buyers.…
Read More »My only complaint about tonight’s performance of “The Crucible” by the Lowell High School Drama Club is that there was only one performance. If it was being done again tomorrow I’d go see it again and would urge everyone reading this to do the same. The two dozen LHS students…
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Read More »The rumble of trucks down Westview Road caught my attention late last night. Soon, spot lights cast a daytime glow throughout the area and a jack hammer let everyone know that the street was being opened. I assumed it was a water pipe but since it was “downstream” from my…
Read More »Besides being the best fighting force in history, the modern US Army apparently possesses multimedia capability. AFN (American Forces Network – which I used to know as Armed Forces Network) is sponsoring a Super Bowl commercial competition. Because it doesn’t air commercial commercials (which some find to be the highlight…
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