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John B, a regular reader and sometimes contributor, happens to be visiting Cambodia at the same time as a delegation led by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas is also in that country. Coincidentally, Chath pierSath, a Lowell-based poet and artist is also in Cambodia now. Last night, John emailed images of newspaper…
Read More »I took advantage of today’s holiday to do a recon of the Lawrence Street side of the Lowell Cemetery. This spring, our tours will all commence at the Lawrence Street gate and will cover that half of the cemetery. This will allow us to share more of the amazing stories…
Read More »Bobby Tugbiyele (too-bee-yell-e) has been the President of Center City Committee, Inc since October 2011. Center City Committee is an organization comprised of a group of community builders with deep roots and experience in promoting the downtown as well as advocating for issues affecting it. Bobby and his wife are…
Read More »Thursday afternoon at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) executive board – I’m a member of the LTC board of directors – I learned that Comcast had unilaterally decreed that on March 20, 2012, it would move the content of Lowell Cable channel 10, our government…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares the following essay: I have supported Patrick Murphy very strongly for two campaigns now. I must admit that I did not support him when he ran against my sister-in-law, Niki Tsongas, but I did support him two years ago, when he came in eighth for…
Read More »An overflow crowd of downtown residents, bar owners, community leaders and ordinary citizens descended on Lowell City Hall this evening for the special city council meeting on the alcohol-related problems plaguing downtown Lowell. The meeting opened with a presentation and recommendation from Police Superintendent Ken Lavallee. Next came a long…
Read More »“J.L.” Smith Baker Center, photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »You can’t read or watch a major news story these days without reference to Twitter, the social networking tool that allows users to broadcast “Tweets” in 140 characters or less. That’s 140 characters – not words – including spaces and punctuation. If nothing else, Twitter teaches economy in writing. But…
Read More »We have just set the dates for this Spring’s tours of Lowell Cemetery. In a major departure from recent practice, I’ve decided to split the cemetery in two for touring purposes, covering the Lawrence Street side in the spring and the Knapp Avenue/Shedd Park side in the fall. There will…
Read More »A story in yesterday’s New York Times used 2010 census data to show that a majority of foreign-born residents of New York City who make more than $150,000 send their children to the city’s public schools. The following paragraphs from the story sum things up pretty well: In New York,…
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