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Merrimack rising – March 9, 2011
Tony Sampas shows us that the Merrimack River continues to rise, even before the next patch of rain arrives.
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Doughnut Shops in Lowell
The front cover of today’s Globe food section carries a picture of a young man munching on a delicious-looking chocolate frosted doughnut that made me want to run out and buy a half-dozen. The accompanying story discusses the “best” independent doughnut shops in Greater Boston which got me wondering which…
Read More »Boston and Maine, Dutton Street
Tony Sampas provides a night-time view of the Boston and Maine locomotive that’s permanently parked on Dutton Street near Merrimack.
Read More »Lowell’s Irish History at UMass Lowell
Last August a team of archaeologists from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, traveled to Lowell and joined with a group of students from UMass Lowell to conduct an excavation in front of St Patrick’s Church. The purpose of the dig was to search for artifacts left by the city’s earliest…
Read More »The Future of Lowell’s Superior Courthouse
Yesterday’s Lowell Sun editorial reminds us that with the new judicial center on schedule, the current superior courthouse, located at 360 Gorham Street near the end of the Lowell Connector, will eventually be vacated. The state has invested substantial amounts of money in the building over the past decade, replacing…
Read More »Off Season at LeLacheur Park
Although the weather might suggest otherwise, Tony Sampas reminds us that baseball in Lowell is not far away.
Read More »FemNoire: The festival of women playwrights
The folks at Image Theater sent along the following information about FemNoire: The Festival of Women Playwrights” which will be performed this coming Friday and Saturday (March 11 and 12) at the ALL Gallery, 22 Shattuck Street, Lowell: Lowell’s Image Theater proudly presents the festival for women playwrights: Femnoire… two…
Read More »Moses Greeley Parker & telephone numbers
In her post earlier today about Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone, Marie mentioned that Bell’s good friend (and telephone company investor) Dr Moses Greeley Parker is credited with being the inventor of the telephone numbers. The photo above is of Parker’s mausoleum at the Lowell Cemetery…
Read More »Melting snow plus rain equals a mess
As much as I welcome the arrival of spring, getting rid of all the snow that fell this winter is a dreary prospect. Last night’s heavy rain and high temperatures did much of the job, but the sight of several inches of water flowing through the backyard is annoying. It…
Read More »Lowell Graffiti
Tony Sampas found this interesting message on the Broadway side of the building that used to be Cote’s paint store.
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