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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Scenes from a sunny French Street in Lowell, by Tony Sampas
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Kim Zunino of the Lowell Historic Board is preparing an inventory of the portraits of former mayors of Lowell. Two portraits, above and below, have yet to be identified. Can anyone help make an ID?
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Tony Sampas shares more photos from the “Power House” at the corner of School and Rock Streets
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