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A view from Lee Street
A view from Lee Street: Bon Marché and St Joseph’s Shrine of the Worker — by Tony Sampas
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“Rick Perry: time to fact-check the media myth” by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Driving down to Cohasset for a party celebrating Polly Logan, the 85 year old progressive-minded grande dame and happy warrior of Massachusetts Republican politics, on the same day as the Iowa Straw Poll, my husband and I talked…
Read More »Another fabulous night at Lowell Summer Music Series
Another fabulous night at the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park. “Dala” a Canadian folk duo opened for “Red Horse” a folk super group, comprised of Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, and Eliza Gilkyson — photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Upcoming events in Lowell
There are some interesting things going on this week in the city of Lowell. Here’s a sampling: On Monday, City Councilor Patrick Murphy will kickoff his campaign at the Old Court at 31 Central Street. There will be Irish music and information on how to get involved with the campaign,…
Read More »“The potential loss of an institution” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the departure of Ken Powers from Lowell House: Sometimes things happen that convince me that the Stoic Movement of the 4th. century might have been right. Basically, they believed that government was not necessary because it was riddled with incompetence. That leads…
Read More »The Boott Mill Bridge
Tony Sampas shares a photo of the bridge connecting the Cotton Warehouse and the Boott Mill
Read More »“Escape from politics into books” by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. News that a huge (4’ deep and 190’ long) sinkhole has opened up under the I-90 Big Dig Tunnel seems to be a metaphor for how our political leaders continue letting us down. Summer hasn’t provided much respite…
Read More »1999 City Council Election Results
The last time there was a primary election for the Lowell City Council was in 1999. The results of both the primary and the general election follow, with incumbents in italics and the order of finish in the corresponding election in brackets: Primary Election – October 5, 1999 Rita Mercier…
Read More »Coburn Hall – UMass Lowell
“Glorious architecture, right there at the corner of Wilder Street and Broadway” photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »1995 City Council Election – Primary & General
The 1995 election shows how much the order of finish of the candidates can change from the primary to the general election. The previous election – 1993 – had seen six new councilors elected and that 1993 council voted for the ballpark, the hockey arena, and many other projects that…
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