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Beautiful weather is forecast for this coming weekend, so please consider coming on a tour of Lowell Cemetery. The tours begin this Friday at 1pm and this Saturday at 10am. Both tours begin at the cemetery’s Lawrence Street entrance and last about 90 minutes. The tours are free and no…
Read More »Earlier this week there was a wave of stories in the mainstream media announcing that the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts had ended. That came as news to me. As I wrote last week in the aftermath of my speech at the annual meeting of the Lowell Housing Partnership, the real…
Read More »Flashboard: “a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity. Also called stop log, stop plank” Photo and caption by Tony Sampas.
Read More »More than 30 earnest readers of Jack Kerouac books gathered tonight upstairs at The Old Court Irish pub at Middle and Central streets to listen to a reading of excerpts (start to end) of Kerouac’s novel “Visions of Gerard.” The story is a bleak and sweetly candid remembrance of his…
Read More »“Canal Bridge, East Merrimack Street” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »One of the most beautiful spots in the Highlands neighborhood of Lowell is Tyler Park, located along Westford Street on the way to Drum Hill. For quite a few years now, a group of neighbors has joined together as the Friends of Tyler Park, to supplement the city’s maintenance of…
Read More »A Tree Glows in Lowell, Saturday, May 11, 2013, 8:32 PM. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Gates Block (web photo courtesy of LHS Photo) The massive, exuberant crowd at the official opening of the Arts League of Lowell (ALL) Gallery confirmed again that art-making is one of the city’s top enterprises. The spacious exhibition and sales gallery occupies most of the first floor of the Gates…
Read More »It’s Saturday and the forecast is for rain all day. Here are some inside activities that might be of interest: This morning at 10 a.m., I’ll give a talk on the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and its service during the American Civil War at the Chelsmford Center for the…
Read More »“The Old Worthen’ by Richard Marion, 1978 (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net Too early to order Lowell Christmas cards?
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