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For the second consecutive year, the Lowell National Park will hold a photography contest that will run from May 1, 2011 to September 1, 2011. Last year I attended the awards ceremony for the contest and was stunned by the quality of the photos submitted (and clearly understood why the…
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Read More »One of Germany’s most popular leisure time activities is Volksmarching which translates, I believe, to “people’s walk.” Every weekend there are dozens of Volksmarches all over Germany. The town hosting the vent typically designs a medal of some type that is reflective of the town’s history and heritage. People belong…
Read More »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. The City of Lowell has a $2.7 million snow removal deficit because of an unexpectedly harsh winter. Just do not pay the…
Read More »The Lowell Film Festival continues today with a walking tour of Civil War Lowell beginning at 6 pm on the steps of the Pollard Memorial Library and continues with the film “Traces of the Trade” at the National Park Visitor Center on Market Street. Another walking tour will take place…
Read More »Tony Sampas captured this picture of a dogwood tree in bloom on the grounds of the Tsongas Center
Read More »[youtube]9r72aGkShD4[/youtube] The 4th Annual Lowell Film Festival begins tomorrow (Thursday, April 28). The full schedule is available on the Festival’s website. In conjunction with the films being shown, I will conduct walking tours of “Civil War Lowell” on Thursday night at 6 pm (beginning at the Ladd & Whitney monument);…
Read More »I spent this morning at the UMass Lowell Tsongas Center participating in the “Money Strong” Fair sponsored by Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union for the benefit of seniors at Lowell High School. It was an amazing event, one that all students (and many adults) should be required to attend. The JDCU…
Read More »Please check out “Unreliable Narrator“, the latest addition to our blogroll. Written by Lowell resident Dell Smith, the site provides a movie review each week with great detail and precision. His most recent review is of The Conspirator. Having seen the film last week, I recommend both the review and…
Read More »Many in Lowell know the story of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and its involvement in the Baltimore Riot of April 19, 1861 that cost four soldiers (including Lowell’s Luther Ladd and Addison Whitney) their lives. Few realize that for a week following that incident, Washington DC was at…
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