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I’m starting to see some early indicators of a turnaround in real estate in the Greater Lowell region. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it may not be the beginning of the end of the housing slump, but it could very well be the end of the beginning. Here at the end…
Read More »Tony Sampas ventured out to the Francis Gatehouse to photograph the ingenious gate designed by James B Francis that saved downtown Lowell from flooding on several occasions.
Read More »This coming Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 8 pm, Image Theater will present its sixth annual “Keep Your Kids at Home Naughty Readings” at The Old Court at the corner of Central and Middle Street in downtown Lowell. Organizers describe this event as “seven original ‘adult only’ plays that go…
Read More »Tony Sampas shares some close-ups of the old Central Fire Station at 45 Palmer Street.
Read More »After ten years of hosting and maintaining websites, I fully understand that unexpected problems do occur, so I have a bit of sympathy for Comcast over last evening’s massive outage of that company’s internet service. But not too much sympathy, because Comcast is, after all, a billion dollar company that…
Read More »The news that Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola died suddenly today was stunning and saddening. I’ll leave it to others to report on the circumstances of his passing but perhaps a short summary of his political career might be appropriate. Motivated by last week’s news of DiPaola’s retirement, I wrote…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle braved tonight’s cold to take in Lowell’s annual City of Lights parade. As she explains in her blog post about the parade, her effort was amply rewarded. She, and everyone she ran into, seemed to have a great time.
Read More »Between the recent release of the report on corrupt hiring practices in the state’s probation department and the cancellation of several high school sporting events, patronage and corruption have been much in the news. In his “Talking Politics” blog at the Boston Phoenix, columnist David Bernstein makes a connection between…
Read More »More stained glass from Tony Sampas. Today, the Pawtucket Congregational Church on Mammoth Road. “He shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom.”
Read More »The city of Lowell is home to an incredible blogosphere that becomes more active with each passing day. Life on-line can be greatly enhanced, however, when its participants get together on the ground and so we invite all area bloggers, commenters, readers, social media-users and anyone else interested to gather…
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