Current Events

Mayor’s Christmas Party

The Mayor’s Reception Room in Lowell City Hall was packed with people earlier this evening for the annual Mayor’s Christmas Party. An excellent buffet was provided by UTEC Catering; music came from a Lowell High band combo; and entertainment was provided by The Magnificent Henri, a mesmerizing magician who moonlights…

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Tim Cahill gets mistrial

Last week I wrote about Tim Cahill’s decision to testify in his own defense in his on-going political corruption trial in Suffolk Superior Court. After days of deliberations, the jury found Cahill’s co-defendant Not Guilty and failed to reach a verdict on Cahill. As a result, the judge declared a…

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Fire on Summer Street

A friend on a lunch break captured the above photo of today’s fire at a Lowell Housing Authority apartment complex at the Bishop Markham complex. The site of the fire faced the South Common and was in the vicinity of the South and Summer Street intersection. A large amount of…

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MBTA Commuter Rail m Ticket app

I had to go into Boston during the day yesterday and took my preferred means of transport, the MBTA commuter rail from the Gallagher Terminal to North Station. While I’ve made that journey many times, this was the first chance I had to use the new MBTA “m Ticket” cell…

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