A reminder from Lowell’s Department of Planning and Development: In July and August, as part of the update to Lowell’s citywide Master Plan, the Department of Planning and Development will host a series of public visioning sessions to collect input from the community and help shape a vision for the…
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I still have a hard time following soccer, but this apparently was an all-time classic ending. The US was down 2-1 in “extra time” when, in the very last minute of play, the Americans scored the tying goal. The outcome was decided by penalty kicks. This video, from ESPN, shows…
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Previously my co-author Paul gave us some of his keen observations of the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones’ concert which took place on the front lawn of the Mogan Cultural Center Friday night. The video below was taken by Citizen Journalist bilandamyburke and posted on YouTube. It a nice candid…
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Is the murder and mayhem in Mexico bizarre and disconnected from us as we sit so far from our nation’s southern border or is it maybe the leading edge of some form of mass chaos that could crack the social earth right here? Another 17 people gunned down in a bar in Monterey, Mexico, adding to the…
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The Lowell Farmers Market opens for the season today July 8 from 2-6pm. Still in it’s easily accessible location in the JFK Plaza next to Lowell City Hall, the market has expanded opportunities for locavores offering a vast array of vegetables, breads, sustainably-farmed pork, chicken, beef, eggs, and dairy products…
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According to Lawrence City Clerk William Moloney, the petition to recall Mayor William Lantigua will be ready today. The citizen group “It’s Your Right” led by activist Reverend Edwin Rodriguez with help from others like Wayne Hayes – need to gather at least 5,232 signatures or 15 percent of the…
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From AOL/Huffington Post, here are comments by ultra-wealthy Warren Buffett on the political game being played by national Republicans in Congress concerning the national debt limit. The clip is from a CNBC interview. In May, Buffett stated at a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder’s meeting that if the Congress failed to raise the debt…
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Twenty years ago, I was a member of the Lowell Historic Board. During my tenure there, I gained great admiration for the wisdom and judgment of the representatives of the National Park Service who worked here in Lowell. I also learned then and through the years that many of the…
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I know nothing about the Casey Anthony case other than she was found not guilty of the murder of her two-year old daughter after a lengthy trial in Florida that captured the attention of much of the nation thanks to the intense coverage the trial received in the media, particularly…
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If all goes right, this coming Friday, July 8 at 11:26 am, the space shuttle Atlantis should rocket into space on the final voyage of the space shuttle era. I was stationed in Germany back in 1981 when the first shuttle – Columbia – took to the skies, so I…
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