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St Joseph’s School
Some views of St Joseph’s School at 176 Merrimack Street, from Tony Sampas
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New PT Test for US Army
The United States Army is instituting a new Physical Fitness Test that seeks to better duplicate the conditions that troops face in combat. Here’s a description of the new events: The new “physical readiness’’ test adds such things as a 60-yard shuttle run and a standing long jump to one…
Read More »Bud Caulfield will not seek reelection to Lowell City Council
Above: Bud Caulfield’s first day as a Lowell City Councilor. Front row from left: Tarsy Poulios, Dick Howe Sr, Brian Martin. Back row from left: Joe Fitzpatrick, Gerry Durkin, Brendan Fleming, Curtis LeMay, Bud Caulfield, Bob Kennedy. Congratulations and thank you to Bud Caulfield for his long and dedicated tenure…
Read More »Loading Dock Gallery exhibit opening tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow and running through March 27, the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue in Lowell, will present a show of paintings and photographs by two local artists, Ashlee Welz Smith (painting shown above) and Laura Doran (photo shown below). There will be a reception for…
Read More »“Starving the Beast” 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. Does the high cost of housing, fuel, and health care strain your budget? Here is an idea for you. Just spend like…
Read More »Missing student at UMass Lowell
The UMass Lowell Police have put out a request for information to help locate the student shown in the photo below. Any information should be emailed to police@uml.edu.
Read More »On location with “The Fighter”
Now that The Fighter has won two Oscars – Best Supporting Actress to Melissa Leo and Best Supporting Actor to Christian Bale – it’s time to put up a link to our Google Map mashup of locations in Lowell where The Fighter was filmed. (Note: There’s a permanent link in…
Read More »City Council election preview
In a practice that ended a decade ago, Hynes’s Tavern on upper Gorham Street each year would sponsor a 5-mile road race for St Patrick’s Day. The 1999 race stands out in my mind because so many of the runners and spectators wore “Tenczar for City Council” t-shirts. When first-time…
Read More »The state of real estate in Greater Lowell
On Friday, the Lowell Sun carried a front-page story about real estate trends in Greater Lowell in which I provided some optimism which in turn was countered by others. Throughout the run-up of the housing bubble in 2003-2006, I took the opposite view, telling all who would listen that the…
Read More »Friday morning snow
Tony Sampas captured the heavy, wet snowflakes that fell this morning in front of Specialty Materials, Inc. at 1449 Middlesex Street
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