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East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group meets March 27
Here’s an announcement from the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group: East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting When: Tuesday, March 27 – 7:00-8:30 pm Where: Pawtucketville Social Club 123 University Avenue, Lowell, MA “Thank you for making so much happen!! We have started the ball rolling, and change is happening in East Pawtucketville.…
Read More »“What the Dickens is Going On?” by John Edward
John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Charles Dickens Quoting the opening words from A Tale of…
Read More »Irish Cultural Week continues
Irish Cultural Week kicked off on Sunday with a mass at St Patrick’s Church followed by a procession to City Hall where the Irish flag was raised and a wreath was lain at the Irish-American monument. Events continue this week with the following schedule: Thursday, March 8 6:30 PM –…
Read More »Lowell Tweet-n-Greet big success
Thanks to the nearly 50 people who came to LTC this morning for our Tweet-n-Greet. The attendees covered a wide range of Twitter abilities and personal and professional backgrounds and was, in many ways, reflective of Lowell. Thanks to everyone on the staff at LTC who worked on the event…
Read More »Citizen Journalists as members of the press
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today announced a major revision to its Rule 1:19 governing the use of cameras, computers and other electronic devices by those reporting on trials and other court proceedings. Most notable (to me) about the new rule is its explicit recognition of citizen journalists as members…
Read More »Lowell Tweet-Up Tomorrow
Come to the Lowell Tweet-Up tomorrow at LTC. It’s free and refreshments will be served. If you’re brand new to Twitter, we’ll help you get started. You’ll create an account, upload your profile picture, do some test Tweets and learn some of the most useful tricks from experienced Twitter users…
Read More »A Howl in Lowell About the City of Lowell Seal
This is a cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog. Our colleague Dick Howe gave the “Howl in Lowell” – inaugural edition – on-line arts and entertainment magazine and its readers a history lesson on the City of Lowell seal. Lowell Howls About Lowell’s Historic Seal Posted on March 1,…
Read More »Leap Year snowstorm
All winter long I’ve said we got all the snow I wanted this year before Halloween, a reference to the October 30, 2011 snowfall that knocked down trees and knocked out power for many days (five for me). Unless a whole lot more snow falls in the next few hours,…
Read More »Lowell Tweet-Up this Saturday
This coming Saturday, March 3 from 10 am to noon, there will be a Tweet-Up at Lowell Telecommunications Corp, 246 Market Street, right next to the Lowell National Park Visitors Center. The event is informal and unstructured and will benefit everyone ranging from the person who has no idea what…
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