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Lightning Strike
Friday night a bolt of lightning struck a tree in Lowell Cemetery and removed a 25 foot long strip of bark, starting up high and spiraling down almost to the ground.
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Fall views of Lowell Cemetery
Some photos from yesterday’s tour of Lowell Cemetery:
Read More »Angkor Dance Troupe 25th anniversary celebration
Lowell’s Angkor Dance Troupe will celebrate its 25th anniversary next Saturday night with the world premiere performance of Apsara Dancing Stones at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. (October 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.). Here is some information about the Troupe and the event: Angkor Dance Troupe is celebrating 25 years in…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) To Meet Tomorrow October 20, 2012
Reminder for next GLAD Meeting TOMORROW Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday October 20, 2012 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford The Regular Agenda discussions will include: Lowell GLAD members update; state committee meeting; Presidential race, US Senate and local Campaign updates; Brunch/Election…
Read More »Anne Harvey Sexton, Poet and Pulitzer Prize-Winner
“Rogers Hall produced many distinguished alumnae. Among them, Anne Harvey Sexton, a 1947 graduate, was later awarded the Pulitzer price for poetry. Dr. Mona Meehan went on to become the first female chief of staff appointed to a US hospital at St. John’s Hospital, now part of Saints Medical Center. …
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Sheila Bair endorses Elizabeth Warren
Sheila Bair, a Republican from Kansas who led the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) from 2006 through 2011, endorsed Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy for the US Senate yesterday. During a Business Roundtable discussion at Lowell’s Mambo Grill yesterday hosted by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (shown above along with, from left, Elizabeth Warren,…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery Tour this Saturday
This Saturday (October 20) at 10 am, I will lead one more tour of historic Lowell Cemetery. This tour was initiated by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce for its members, but the Chamber has graciously opened it to the public. The tour will begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance…
Read More »Hip vs. Square
October 17, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Election 2012, Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell
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I’m sure that I’m not the first one to make note of this, but one aspect of this election is fundamentally about style: hip versus square. I don’t think Gov. Romney would quarrel with this characterization. He is comfortable in his own skin. As the weeks wear on, however, and…
Read More »2008 Election Results
With the election just three weeks away, I started thinking about the last presidential election and discovered that I had not added those results to our “elections” page. I’ll put them there now, but here they are in case you’re interested: 2008 Election Results In Massachusetts in 2008, the presidential…
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