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I found this video on YouTube. It was originally posted by ARLBOSTONRESCUE. Below is the video description as written by the poster. The Animal Rescue League of Boston received a call for assistance from the Lowell animal control, fro a gull that was stuck to the ice on the Merrimack…
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Walsh celebrates community at swearing-in by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. New is good. New is exciting. New is full of promise. That seemed the mood at Boston College today when Martin Joseph Walsh was sworn in as the 54th mayor of Boston, the first new Boston mayor inaugurated in…
Read More »Protests turn deadly in Cambodia
[youtube]A0jha147lE4[/youtube] Garment workers in Cambodia who earn pennies to make many of the high cost clothes we all wear here in America recently went on strike for higher wages. Their job action earned a violent response from the government. Several days ago, four protesters were killed in confrontations with the…
Read More »Reminiscing…about ’78
Yes, the January 2/3, 2014 snow storm is a bad one…but the video below, posted on YouTube by wgbhstocksales, reminds us that the Blizzard of ’78 was the mother of all storms. The scenes are from Harvard Square in Cambridge.
Read More »Registry of Deeds closed all day on Friday
Just got word that the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in Lowell will be closed ALL DAY on Friday due to winter storm.
Read More »Year End Review: Part Five
To Be the Best City of Its Size
There was a time not that long ago when it was common to hear a statement that was used to sum up the purpose of the community’s manifold efforts to move Lowell forward—efforts in the public and private sectors, efforts involving vast financial investments or genuine sweat equity, efforts involving…
Read More »A Look Back ~ Tewksbury and Some Merrimack Valley Neighbors
December 29, 2013
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Marie
Posted in Greater Lowell, History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2013, Election 2014, Culture, Current Events
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In taking a look back over the year 2013 in Tewksbury and other Merrimack Valley environs – the issues of politics, economics, quality of life, culture – traditional and pop, education and sports – are all vying for attention. Across the Merrimack Valley the stand-out event – in my opinion…
Read More »Lowell Social Media Conference report
December 7, 2013
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DickH
Posted in Election 2013, Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Politics, City Council
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Thanks to the more than 50 people who attended today’s Lowell Social Media Conference at LTC which was a co-sponsor of the event. Planning has already begun for the Second Annual Lowell Social Media Conference with a target date of the first Saturday in December. This morning began with a…
Read More »Lowell Social Media Conference on December 7, 2013
Save the date: The First Annual Lowell Social Media Conference Saturday, December 7, 2013 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Lowell Telecommunications Corp 246 Market St, Lowell Topics include: • Taking the temperature of Lowell’s blogosphere • Best practices for Tweets & short form video • Social media in the…
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