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Still more views of the “Sun”
Tony Sampas provides two more photos of the sign high above Kearney Square
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Lowell Sun smears war hero
Every so often I’m reminded of why I despise the leadership of the Lowell Sun. Today the paper dipped deep into its bucket of ideological sleaze to smear a young combat veteran who had the audacity to support Niki Tsongas. During his six years as an infantry officer in the…
Read More »“The Sun” at night
Tony Sampas provides two nighttime photos of the “SUN” sign high above Kearney Square in Lowell
Read More »Answers to yesterday’s trivia questions
Here are the answers to this week’s Tuesday Trivia questions: 6) What Lowell boxer represented the United States at the 1924 Olympic Games? * Al Mello a.k.a. Al Tavares 7) Which country’s national anthem was written by a person who lived in Lowell? * Canada – the song is “O…
Read More »One view of Jeff Speck’s “Downtown Evolution Plan”
Local blogger Corey Sciuto shares his thoughts on the recent presentation at the Lowell Plan breakfast by nationally-noted urban planner Jeff Speck who has a vision for downtown Lowell.
Read More »Shady foreclosure practices come to light
There have been a succession of news stories such as this one in yesterday’s New York Times detailing how major mortgage lenders around the country are freezing all foreclosure activity so they can review their methods of conducting foreclosures. Some of the abuses that have been exposed include lender employees…
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Tony Sampas shares more views of “The Sun”
Read More »Tuesday Trivia
Another installment of our Lowell trivia questions. The answers will be posted tomorrow. 6) What Lowell boxer represented the United States at the 1924 Olympic Games? 7) Which country’s national anthem was written by a person who lived in Lowell? 8) How many Roman Catholic churches in Lowell were originally…
Read More »Cellucci and Loscocco: Two Quitters
Earlier today I noticed that Paul Cellucci had endorsed Jon Golnik, the Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District. I remember two things about Paul Cellucci. At the Lowell Memorial Auditorium back in 1998 during a gubernatorial debate, when Scott Harshbarger raised doubts about the “Big Dig”, Cellucci pounded the…
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Tony Sampas shares his “views” of the local newspaper
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