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(Globe photo) LeLacheur Park at 450 Aiken Street in Lowell, Massachusetts Today’s Boston Globe features seven New England minor league baseball parks. About LeLacheur Park and the Lowell Spinners, Globe writer Craig Forde says: An instant hit once the gates swung open in 1998, LeLacheur Park ran a sell-out streak of 413…
Read More »This is a re-post from the LowellDeeds blog from earlier today: I spent this morning at the Tsongas Arena helping to staff the housing booth at the Money Strong for Life Fair organized by the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union and attended by nearly 300 seniors from Lowell High School. This…
Read More »When I wrote this post in November of 2009, I didn’t know Patrick Murphy and nobody had any idea of what would unfold in the next few years. Catching up with the latest local commentary on social media this morning, I remembered this quirky post written in the aftermath of…
Read More »After 90 minutes of citizen comment on City Councilor Rita Mercier’s motion to, among other things, hold a vote of no confidence in Mayor Murphy next week, the Lowell City Council adopted by an 8 to 0 vote a substitute motion by Councilor Marty Lorrey that said essentially that the…
Read More »On Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 11:00 A.M., the Lowell Historical Society will host a book signing event for Legendary Locals of Lowell, the new book I co-wrote with Mike Rosenberg. The event will take place at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation which is at 246 Market Street. The entrance to LTC…
Read More »Photos and text by Tony Sampas: From the UMass Lowell Capital Improvement webpage: “The South Campus garage will provide parking spaces for 762 cars on South Campus. Tucked between Mahoney Hall and Riverview Parking Lot, the garage will be conveniently located to all South Campus facilities. The six-and-one-half level open-parking…
Read More »The Lowell Senate Primary Debate will take place at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall on April 8th at 7pm. More details as they become available.
Read More »Lowell Police Superintendent Ken Lavallee, who will retire at the end of this week, appeared at last night’s City Council meeting to bid farewell to the councilors. He thanked them for their support for him and for the Lowell Police Department through the years and urged them to continue making…
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