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Heading into Boston today, I parked at the Alewife MBTA parking garage on Route 2 and caught the red line the rest of the way. Along the outside perimeter of the second floor of the garage, the above sign and many others identical to it lined the walls. Also attached…
Read More »In a Saturday night game that was not really as close as the score suggests, Dracut High School won decisively over Lowell High School under the lights at Dracut’s Beaudry Field by a score of 45 to 35. Dracut dominated through the first three quarters, pulling ahead 38 to 6…
Read More »I remember some strange things happening in politics, but never so many in such a short period of time as was the case this week. Consider: Paul Loscocco, after spending the previous months of this year running for Lieutenant Governor as Independent candidate Tim Cahill’s running mate, jilted Cahill last…
Read More »Last week when I wrote about the betrayal of Tim Cahill by his running mate, Paul Loscocco, I had no idea of the depths of the intrigue involved. Yesterday, Cahill filed suit in Superior Court against several of his former campaign aides and the Republican Governors Association on a variety…
Read More »Tony Sampas provides two more photos of the sign high above Kearney Square
Read More »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 »Tony Sampas provides two nighttime photos of the “SUN” sign high above Kearney Square in Lowell
Read More »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 »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 »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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