John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, contributes the following column The state of Massachusetts bucked the national trend in the 2010 elections. While most states were trending “red,” Massachusetts preserved its’ “blue”…
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Tony Sampas observes that being deemed “non-essential” has some benefits: you can stay home and take great photographs of the snow through the window of your home.
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This past Monday night I traveled to the TD Garden to see the Boston Celtics play the Houston Rockets. The last time I had seen the Celtics in person, the starting lineup consisted of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Danny Ainge and DJ Johnson, so my pattern of going…
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At 5 am, the Massachusetts Trial Court announced that all courts in the Commonwealth will be closed today due to the major snowstorm that struck the region overnight. Since the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds is located within the Superior Courthouse in Lowell, it too is closed for the day.…
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Tonight the city unveiled a new instructional video that helps people understand how to use the (relatively) new parking kiosks now deployed throughout downtown Lowell. The video was produced by the Lowell High School Telecommunications Academy. [youtube]xQghqa0dvSA[/youtube]
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The city of Lowell has announced the location of multiple locations where residents may obtain a sand/salt mixture for their own use. Here’s the list: DPW Complex/Middlesex Street Fire House/Old Ferry Road Former SJA Church parking lot/White Street Varnum School/Sixth Street Robinson School/Beacon Street Reilly School/Douglas Road Muldoon Park/Billerica Street…
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Tony Sampas gives us a nighttime view of the stacks at the Pollard Memorial Library
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On the front of boston.com and on the first page of the Globe’s Metro section today, there’s a story about efforts by the city of Lowell to counteract the gun violence that burst into the public eye with the New Year’s Eve party shootings on Grand Street, the theft of…
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Here’s the local forecast for tomorrow night and Wednesday from the National Weather Service: Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Light north wind. Tuesday Night: Snow, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Low around 23. Calm wind becoming north between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation…
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Tony Sampas captures the west side of a Walker Street tenement at dusk.
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