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Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church
Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church at 25 Fr. John Sarantos Way (just to the north of the North Common). Photo by Tony Sampas.
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Church fire traps 2 Lowell firefighters
Thanks to WHDH-TV channel 7 for this report on a fire at Lowell’s Holy Family Church (also known as St Marie’s Church, located on Chamberlain Street near the Woburn Street exit of Rte 495) that trapped two firefighters in a smoke-filled basement. Fortunately, they were quickly rescued by their comrades:
Read More »“Scott Harshbarger for casino czar” by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s amazing that so much of the negotiation of a casino-and-slots bill has gone on behind closed doors. After proposals had sucked much of the oxygen out of the air last year, Governor Patrick and legislative leadership, especially…
Read More »More City Council videos
This past weekend I created a “2011 Lowell City Council election” page where I would compile links to YouTube videos and other electronic material by and about the candidates. I invited the various campaigns and anyone else to forward to me (DickHoweJr[at]gmail.com) links to anything that I had missed. I…
Read More »Jerry Falwell & Pat Robertson, September 13, 2001
Ten years ago tonight, just two days after the most devastating terrorist attack in American history, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson identified the perpetrators: [youtube]H-CAcdta_8I[/youtube]
Read More »The best American autobiographies
A recent edition of Bookmarks magazine (“For everyone who hasn’t read everything”) came into my possession. Motivated by the unexpected popularity in 2010 of Mark Twain’s “complete and unexpurgated autobiography”, released at Twain’s direction one hundred years after his death, Bookmarks suggests “some of the more interesting attempts by Americans…
Read More »More from the 32nd Banjo and Fiddle Contest
Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Documenting the 2011 City Council race
Last week I posted some video of the City Council candidate forum on public safety and some readers indicated it might be useful to put links to the video in a place that could be easily retrieved throughout the campaign. I’ve done this by creating a “2011 Lowell City Council…
Read More »“Paying for health care” by John Edward
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. We spend way too much for health care in the United States. In 2009, total expenditures on health were 17.4 percent of…
Read More »32nd Banjo and Fiddle Contest
The 32nd Banjo and Fiddle Contest, sponsored by the Lowell National Historic Park, September 10, 2011, Boarding House Park. Photos by Tony Sampas.
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