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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, has previously contributed columns urging readers to vote NO on Question 1, Question 2 and Question 3. Today he preemptively discusses who stands to win and…
Read More »Tony Sampas brings to a close two weeks’ worth of images of Lowell signage with these shots of Merrimack Rug and Linoleum at 297 Market Street.
Read More »A new Suffolk University poll released late last night shows Deval Patrick with the same size lead over Charlie Baker has been seen in other recent polls. According to Suffolk, among likely voters, Patrick has 46% to Baker’s 39% and Cahill’s 9%. The leader of Suffolk’s polling operation, David Paleologos,…
Read More »The big national lenders that halted foreclosure activities two weeks ago have now resumed after their self-scrutiny of the documentation related to mortgages that are to be foreclosed. The efficacy of this review is questionable; if it’s anything like the degree of care these same companies brought to granting the…
Read More »Much has been made about several head-to-head blows delivered by defenders in the NFL two weeks ago. Some of the offenders were heavily fined for their actions and the league quickly announced it would suspend any player who hit a “defenseless player” in the head. After last week, the NFL…
Read More »Tony Sampas serves up some close-ups of the Club Diner
Read More »Community Teamwork Inc held it’s Local Heroes award ceremony this evening to honor nine people or entities whose activities during the past year of made Greater Lowell a better community. Besides this year’s honorees, several dozen prior award recipients were present this evening. Together they all served as a tangible…
Read More »Tony Sampas and his camera venture out into the North Common in the evening.
Read More »Meg Whitman, the former president of eBay who has spent in excess of $140mil of her $1.6 billion net worth running for governor of California as the Republican nominee, recently commented that the reason she came to California thirty years ago because back then so much was getting done in…
Read More »A regular reader sent along these photos of Butler’s Toothpick, a navigation aid at the mouth of the Merrimack River. The photographer’s email follows. I must admit, I’ve never heard of this before but I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in the vicinity. I thought you might…
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