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The long-awaited 2012 election is less than a week away. This Friday night, join Elizabeth Warren, Niki Tsongas and Patrick Murphy for a pre-election rally at Arthur Ramalho’s West End Gym at 900 Lawrence Street in Lowell. Made famous around the world by the film The Fighter (it was already…
Read More »Esquire political columnist Charlie Pierce (whose Politics blog is well-worth reading this time of year) reminds us that the 2006 Mother’s Day flood in Lowell gave then Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney an opportunity to exercise his leadership skills in the time of natural disaster. The results weren’t pretty.
Read More »This is a shout out to City Manager Bernie Lynch, Assistant City Manager Adam Baacke, the Police Department, and the rest of the City Hall team who helped synchronize the traffic signals between the Thorndike-Dutton streets blend up through the intersections of Dutton-Broadway, Dutton-Market, and Dutton-Merrimack. As a regular on that…
Read More »Not much to report thus far today (Monday, October 29, 2012). The rain has fallen as a heavy mist/light rain since last evening. The wind which was a steady breeze yesterday and this morning is now a constant low growl outside the window. Almost all schools were cancelled today. The…
Read More »A robocall from Asst Supt Jay Lang at 540 pm announced no school in Lowell tomorrow, October 29, due to approaching storm.
Read More »After losing power for five days after last Halloween’s snowstorm, I vowed to get a generator before the next major weather event. I procrastinated a bit but last week, well before any talk of Hurricane Sandy, is began serious shopping. Here’s a photo I took at Lowe’s on Chelmsford St…
Read More »Last evening the Angkor Dance Troupe celebrated its 25th anniversary with the world premiere of Apsara Dancing Stones, an interpretive dance that combined traditional Khmer dance with contemporary elements. The 900 plus people who filled the Lowell Memorial Auditorium saw a fantastic show.
Read More »Brickhouse Wrestling and Fitness, Lee Street, Lowell MA. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »My father, Marcel R. Marion, was an enthusiastic observer of American politics and world affairs. He never ran for anything except union steward when he worked in a textile mill in Lowell in the 1940s. He was a wool sorter, meaning he classified types and quailty of wool by examining…
Read More »This is from Bob Dylan’s memoir “Chronicles: Volume One” (2004). Thanks to Jim Cook for the tip. We know all these guys by one name: Dylan, Bono, Kerouac, . . . and Cook. . “One night, Bono, the singer from U2, was over for dinner with some other friends. Spending…
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