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No tours of Lowell Cemetery this weekend

Back during the summer, there was confusion about the dates of this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery. One set of tours were originally set for today and tomorrow (Sept 30 and October 1) but that quickly had to be changed because of circumstances beyond my control. Even though all advertising…

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H H Richardson, American Architect

Mass Moments, the daily dose of Massachusetts History tells us that today is the birthday of Henry Hobson Richardson, one of the most important and influential architects in American history. Richardson was born in Louisiana in 1838, studied in Paris, did much of his work in Boston, and died in…

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The Red Sox collapse

From the beginning I didn’t have a good feeling about this Red Sox season. Perhaps the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup in the spring sucked up all my pro sports enthusiasm. The additions to the team seemed sound – Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford – and the talk early on…

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Coversmart: The album cover quiz site

Brett Cromwell of the Lowell Film Collaborative has launched a new website, www.coversmartquiz.com The site is for all music lovers but especially those who cherish the artwork that appeared on album covers during the past half century. Each day, visitors to the site are presented with images of several album…

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New City Council Poll

There are many ways that we measure the strength of candidates during a city council election. How many signs do we see? Or bumper stickers? Local radio station WCAP does a telephone poll the Saturday before the election. None of those are scientific or perhaps even accurate, but they give…

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Lowell Tweet-up on Tuesday

Do you use Twitter? Would you like to use Twitter? Do you want to meet a bunch of people in Lowell who are active on Twitter? If you answered yes to any of these questions, stop by Fuse Bistro (the former Cafe Paradiso) at the corner of Palmer and Middle…

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