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Related to a post of mine a few days ago about the Museum of Science in Boston planning a $5M Life Sciences exhibit, here is news from boston.com about the N. E. Aquarium making improvements. Again, this raises the question of how a smaller cultural hub like Lowell should respond…
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Read More »Our far flung correspondent Ray LaPorte sends the following from one of the local papers on the island he calls home. Read closely. Ray said a poet could make something of this list.–PM Martha’s Vineyard Times FOUND Black Helix cash box. Call 508-693-4658. LOST CAMERA Canon Elf lost in Gay Head…
Read More »A recent post by fellow blogger and downtown resident Kad Barma which showed fragments of a broken beer mug in a downtown doorway got me thinking about a book called “Ghost Map” by Steven Johnson. Subtitled “The story of London’s most terrifying epidemic – and how it changed science, cities…
Read More »At the end of each month on the LowellDeeds blog I do a post that compares that month’s recording statistics with the same month a year earlier. Today’s post shows that January 2011 was a better month than January 2012 for deeds, mortgages and foreclosures. But today I also looked…
Read More »More photos from Lowell Cemetery. By Tony Sampas.
Read More »Writer and editor Nick DiGiovanni is a new Lowell resident, based at the renovated Appleton Mills. He sent me a note today about a book event that he has coming up at the Pollard Library. His book is titled “Rip”: I’ll be doing a reading and book-signing at the beautiful old…
Read More »At work I subscribe to an email service from the Governor’s office that notifies recipients anytime the Governor orders flags to be flown at half-staff. The text of one that arrived today went something like this: Please be advised that Governor Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and…
Read More »The behavior of (some) late night occupants of downtown Lowell has been a trending topic in Lowell’s blogosphere with kad barma writing about it here and here; Left in Lowell here and here; and our own post here. The police have increased their presence which is a good thing; a…
Read More »Watch this video that celebrates one day in San Francisco and think about what a Lowell version would look like. A Day in the Life: San Francisco UPDATE: Here’s the video [youtube]KCpeKanDXHU[/youtube]
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