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I was downtown on Saturday morning and checked out the entries in the snowman making competition on JFK Plaza. Above is the entry from the JG Pyne Arts School; below is the one from the Butler. This walk through was the closest I’ve ever come to attending a Winterfest event…
Read More »Vintage ad – 1908 – for New England Confectionary Company of Boston, Massachusetts chocolates and other sweets. Whether it’s – Godiva, Hershey, Mrs. Nelson’s, Lindt, Nestles’s, Ghiradelli, Ferrero Rocher, Priscilla’s, Harbor Sweets, Whitman, Russell Stover or Dove – whatever your favorite confectionery brand – February is National Chocolate Month – time…
Read More »Melissa Leo – Oscar Nominee for Best Supporting Actress – for her role as Alice Ward – mother and boxing manager to Micky Ward and Dicky Ekland The PatriotLedger.com website is running a Matt Murphy – State House News Service story about the Commonwealth’s continuing effort to promote the state to the…
Read More »This is a repost of an earlier blog post! The window for holding the caucuses to elect delegates to the 2011 Democratic Convention on June 4th in Lowell opens this Saturday February 5th and closes on Saturday February 19th. Here is a list of the first group of local Greater Lowell/Merrimack…
Read More »Mickey O’Keefe ( LPD officer who plays himself in the movie), Mark Wahlberg (as Micky Ward) and Christian Bale (as Dicky Ekland) in a scene filmed at Arthur Ramalho’s West End Gym in Lowell. In the Globe A&E/Celebrity News, Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein are reporting that NBC’s “Today” show is sending a…
Read More »On the roof, it’s peaceful as can be . . . James Taylor never experienced ice dams. Through the years I’ve become an expert on these frustrating winter constructions. For the uninitiated, ice dams occur when the snow on your roof melts from the bottom due to the space beneath…
Read More »Readers of the Eagle-Tribune I’m sure weren’t surprised to see the stunning photo of an accident scene on Rte. 93 yesterday “go global.” The image of the car involved in the storm-related accident actually standing on its nose at the side of the highway – in both video and photos – taken…
Read More »Last week our “Fighter” location map was featured on the Channel 5 news segment about the Oscar nominations for the filmed-in-Lowell movie, “The Fighter.” This week, Gadling, a national travel blog, includes the map on a post titled “A Travel Guide to the 2011 Oscar Movies”. For those of you…
Read More »I’m going with the Packers on Sunday because they were my favorite team when I was a kid. Quarterback Bart Starr was my favorite player. He was very effective but not flashy, and the steady, determined leader of a team that would find a way to win. The cards shown…
Read More »Mubarak’s supporters gather near a fallen horse and rider (foreground on the right) as others take on anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday. (AP)
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