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Lowell by night
Tony Sampas photographs the City Hall clock tower (above) and a scene from Merrimack Street (below) on a cold winter’s night.
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Boston College 88, Providence 86
I traveled to Conte Forum on the campus of Boston College last night to watch the Boston College Eagles play the Providence College Friars in basketball (me – Providence, class of 1980). The first half was a BC blowout with the Eagles up by as many as 20, ending the…
Read More »Central Street by night
A view of Central Street in the evening, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »The Globe reviews “The Fighter”
Ty Burr’s review of “The Fighter” appears in today’s Globe. He says Christian Bale as Dickie Ecklund and Melissa Leo as Mickey Ward’s mom are both outstanding, although he gives high marks to the rest of the cast. He also says that the film is “so good, so engrossing, for…
Read More »Pearl Harbor Day in Lowell, Massachusetts
Area veterans, elected officials and students from the Hellenic Academy gathered at the Hall of Flags of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this morning for a remembrance ceremony on this, the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The following video features the students from the Hellenic Academy singing…
Read More »Johnny Depp on Lowell, Mass
The January 2011 edition of Vanity Fair is on the news stand. It’s not magazine I normally purchase, but one of our readers sent an email reporting that in the issue’s cover story which is an interview with actor Johnny Depp by rock and roll star Patti Smith, Depp mentions…
Read More »Saint Jean Baptiste Church
Tony Sampas photographs the former Saint Jean Baptiste Church, still for sale on Merrimack Street.
Read More »Pearl Harbor Day, 2010
At 11:00 this morning, I’ll walk over to the Hall of Flags at Lowell Memorial Auditorium where the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will conduct its annual Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony. Sixty-nine years ago today, the aircraft of the Japanese Navy attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. By…
Read More »“Watching” the Patriots on Twitter
After a series of late nights and early mornings, I decided to skip last night’s Patriots’ game. But at 8:20 pm, I found myself still at my computer so I flicked on the TV and decided to watch the first half. The Pats looked terrific and were way out ahead,…
Read More »UML Emerging Technologies Center
Tony Sampas gives us a couple of shots of the fence cordoning off the construction site of the Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center on UMass Lowell North Campus.
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