It’s strange to read some of the commentary about the presidential election as it looks at the end of September. To read some of the analysts, especially on the anti-government side of the spectrum, you would think that Gov Romney’s only problem is in the tactics. If only he had…
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If you ever attended a Lowell Spinners’ game early in the life of the team, buying a hot dog from one of the roving vendors, Dogman, was often more exciting than watching the game. Dogman, now known to all as Del Christman, rivals only the Canaligator when it comes to…
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Most everyone in Lowell is familiar with the city’s Smith Baker Center, located on the corner of Merrimack Street and Cardinal O’Connell Parkway just across from City Hall. Although closed for more than a decade, the Center used to house the Lowell Council on Aging on its first floor and…
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Boott Mill bricks; photos by Tony Sampas
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While members of the Boston media were much in evidence today at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building for the book release celebration of “Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan”, it was more like a reunion of the world of Lowell politics, circa 1992 with elected officials, members…
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The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Author talks by physicist David Kaiser, poet Anne Waldman, and others. Jay Atkinson with the rundown on Kerouac the Athlete. Lowell literary tours by Roger Brunelle. Kerouac’s former girlfriend and now his biographer Joyce Johnson signng books at…
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Fr. Ray Kehew, who was my dad’s roommate at Providence College from 1951 to 1955 and who taught philosophy at PC when I was a student there in the late 1970s, passed away this week in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. My mom and dad kept in touch with him through the…
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We woke up to a light, intermittent mist here in Lowell today but the 10 am tour of Lowell Cemetery will go off rain or shine. Meet at the Knapp Avenue entrance, right next to Shedd Park. The tour will be 90 minutes long and involves walking through the cemetery…
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The autumnal equinox heralds the start of Fall which in 2012 begins here in the Northern Hemisphere today September 22 at 10:49 A.M. EDT. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night.” The fall and spring equinoxes are the only days of the year in which the…
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