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Growing up in Lowell in the 1960s and 70s, all of my contemporaries had as a goal to move out of Lowell as quickly as possible. Most did. I felt a similar urge but after four years away at college and another four in the US Army, I realized that…
Read More »I was downtown on Saturday morning and checked out the entries in the snowman making competition on JFK Plaza. Above is the entry from the JG Pyne Arts School; below is the one from the Butler. This walk through was the closest I’ve ever come to attending a Winterfest event…
Read More »Tony Sampas had his camera ready last night when the sun set provided a colorful picture in the sky
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters submitted the following post about the need for more museums in Lowell and throughout our region. I recently had the honor and pleasure of having a hamburger at the Old Court with our City Councilor, Patrick Murphy. We discussed a great many things, but one of…
Read More »The first Byzantine styled Greek Orthodox church in America Holy Trinity was designed by Lowell Architect Henry L. Rourke and was influenced by Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Completed in 1908, the exterior was refurbished in 2010-11. The scaffolding was just recently removed. (Photos and text by Tony Sampas)
Read More »On the roof, it’s peaceful as can be . . . James Taylor never experienced ice dams. Through the years I’ve become an expert on these frustrating winter constructions. For the uninitiated, ice dams occur when the snow on your roof melts from the bottom due to the space beneath…
Read More »The swing in this photo by Tony Sampas appears to be temporarily out of service.
Read More »Last week our “Fighter” location map was featured on the Channel 5 news segment about the Oscar nominations for the filmed-in-Lowell movie, “The Fighter.” This week, Gadling, a national travel blog, includes the map on a post titled “A Travel Guide to the 2011 Oscar Movies”. For those of you…
Read More »If you’re like me, you’re old enough to recall the American Basketball Association. There was no team in New England and there was little, if any, TV coverage, but the upstart league which was born on February 2, 1967, changed basketball in many ways. The ABA brought us the New…
Read More »By 8 pm yesterday, the Lowell public schools and UMass Lowell had been canceled, so part of the typical drama of a snow storm was gone. The Registry of Deeds and courts in Lowell will open at 11 am today in accordance to this notice on the Trial Court’s website:…
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