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Maybe the Globe sports section is following the lead of the Red Sox and cleaning house. Somebody named Matt Pepin is now writing about the Red Sox but that’s not a bad thing because he has a great account of Terry Francona’s final press conference. Whatever you think of Francona,…
Read More »The annual Lowell Open Studios event will take place this Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm each day at various venues around the city. Open Studios is a great opportunity to check out the local art scene and to support the artists working in our community. Almost…
Read More »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…
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Here’s a group of post office employees protesting proposed budget cuts earlier this evening in Kearney Square, outside the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.
Read More »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…
Read More »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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