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For the downtown narrative: Rosemary and I last evening ate supper at the Viet-Thai Restaurant across from City Hall. At 6.30-7 pm, there were 30 people in the place. We had cashew chicken and shrimp pad thai with spring rolls to start. Everything very good and modestly priced (appetizer: $3).…
Read More »This Week: Back to school; two way traffic downtown; Candidate debate for 18th Middlesex District Back to School This Tuesday morning the rhythm of the city will change dramatically as public school students head to classes for their first day. Getting everywhere will take longer with school employees and chauffeuring…
Read More »The Demoulas drama coming at all of us who are watching, either live in Merrimack Valley or via media, is triggering a million memories of our encounters with the family and its business. I’m pretty sure it was in the mid-1980s when Fotene Demoulas invited a group of creative people…
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Read More »Last night in the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park, Lyle Lovett and friends performed for the third time on the iconic pavilion stage, giving us a stunning and sterling display of musicianship and joie de vivre—a dose of happiness like others that are supplied over and over,…
Read More »18th Middlesex Candidate debate this Tuesday Voters in the 18th Middlesex District will have their first opportunity to see all five Democratic candidates for the office face off this coming Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 7 pm in a televised debate sponsored by the KhmerPost USA newspaper. The debate will…
Read More »Downtown Lowell two-way traffic in play this morning. Looking good. Lots of signs, cones, cops, message boards, etc. Saw somebody make a right turn onto Central from Merrimack, heading south, smooth running. I think this is going to be a big plus. Change the vibe downtown. Improve navigation. Make it…
Read More »At the same time as City Manager Kevin Murphy was stating that his “number one priority was making downtown Lowell a college town” I was pulling into Williamstown, Massachusetts for a few days. Williamstown, 120 miles west of Lowell, is tucked into the northwest corner of Massachusetts and borders New…
Read More »Taken from comments by people in the FB Group “You Know Your’e From Lowell …,” here’s a list of some of the bands that played in the 1960s and ’70s at the legendary night spot and dance hall on Thorndike Street, now long gone. Vanilla Fudge The Buckinghams Cream with…
Read More »Publishing a list is risky because the content is always limited, however, as we have seen in the Market Basket crisis there are times when you have to stick your neck out (cue the giraffe). August is a time when a lot of people slow down and take time off…
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