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Full moon over Lowell City Hall
Tony Sampas caught the full moon rising over Lowell City Hall.
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In the Merrimack Valley: Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Organized
MassMoments reminds us today that on this day – January 21, 1861 – the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment was organized. Of note – this force was composed of men from neighboring cities in the Merrimack Valley – textile workers from Lowell and Lawrence. Later in April – in the city of Baltimore the…
Read More »No school in Lowell on Friday
An email from The Boston Channel arrived at 5:26 am and the robocall from the school department came in at 5:50 am. Another long weekend for students and staff. The means of notifying folks that school is canceled certainly has changed. Websites now allow you to zoom in on the…
Read More »First Congregational Church – Smith Baker Center
Tony Sampas shares some roof-level photos of the Smith Baker Center
Read More »Robert Frost & the JFK Inauguration
Brian Williams in 2006 reported on the back story of Robert Frost’s poem written for President Kennedy. See the clip of Frost reading and find out what happened. This is our Robert Frost of the Merrimack Valley, who grew up in Lawrence and graduated from Lawrence High School. Here’s the…
Read More »Lowell City Manager Presents Strategic Goals and Objectives “Draft”
From Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch’s “Office of the City Manager Blog” – Last evening, I presented a draft of the adminstration’s strategic goals and objectives before the Personnel Subcommittee. The subcommittee plans to reconvene in two weeks and submit comments and feedback which will be incorporated into the final…
Read More »Home Preservation Coalition
Tony Sampas ventured out into yesterday’s snow to photograph the office of the Home Preservation Coalition at 450-58 Merrimack Street, aka “Cottage Row” circa 1830.
Read More »Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast, MV-NAACP
January 18, 2011
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Several hundred people gathered yesterday at the Wyndham Hotel in Andover, Mass., for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Branch of the NAACP. Branch President Rev. Roger A. Sawtelle of Lowell said one of the things he enjoys about the yearly gathering is that…
Read More »Abraham Lincoln in Lowell
Tony Sampas photographs the recently refurbished Abraham Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Square at the intersection of Chelmsford, Liberty and Lincoln Streets in Lowell.
Read More »No School in Lowell
I just noticed the No School in Lowell announcement. At 5 am, there was no snow. At 5:05 am it had started and continues. It was very light but it’s already coated the road and parked cars. To all students and educators, enjoy your day off.
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