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Blizzard Video
With a big snowstorm forecast, I broke out my Flip video camera and tried to document the storm from start to finish. Here’s the result: [youtube]k8qMW_zNj3k[/youtube]
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Snow stories from the Blizzard of 2010
The snow began in Lowell yesterday at 3:30 pm. By 8 pm, about 4 inches had fallen. Throughout the night the wind was howling. At 5 am today, it looks like another 6 inches fell overnight. I’m heading out soon to clear the cars and the driveway and will report…
Read More »Washington’s Crossing – December 25, 1776
On the evening of December 25, 1776, George Washington led a ragtag group of Colonial soldiers across the ice-choked Delaware River and successfully attacked the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. Coming after a string of crushing defeats and after the colonial army had shrunk in size by 90%, the…
Read More »Snow on the way – get out the shovels
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for Eastern Massachusetts with the snow expected to begin by noon tomorrow and continue into the middle of Monday. Life will be easier with all schools on vacation already, but it still sounds like Monday morning will be a mess. Today’s…
Read More »Bob Hope and Christmas with the Troops
When I was growing up, one bright spot in the long, gloomy stretch of winter from Christmas to Opening Day was the Bob Hope Christmas Special. Hope began visiting American troops in war zones during World War Two, so in the 1960s and 1970s, he and his entourage ventured to…
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Merry Christmas from Tony Sampas
Read More »Trolley Tracks at John Street
Tony Sampas photographed the trolley tracks that cross John Street near the Boott Mills after a light dusting of snow.
Read More »“Lone Ranger” announcer dies at 89
For many of us 50 and older, watching the “Lone Ranger” was one of our earliest TV memories. I don’t remember much about the program, but I do remember the opening and the theme song. Seeing the name “Fred Foy” in today’s obituaries would not have attracted my attention; but…
Read More »Change of seasons: Boarding House Park
Tony Sampas catches the change of seasons, from fall to winter, at Boarding House Park in Lowell
Read More »What’s up with Congress?
The US Congress has left me befuddled and confused this week. They’re actually accomplishing things, in sharp contrast to their record earlier in the year. Aside from Wall Street reform, it’s as if the Health Care Reform battle paralyzed our representatives. Since the election – just since Thanksgiving, more accurately…
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