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Tex-Mas Eve 2-night at Worthen to Help MV Food Bank
Musican Dave Norton sent a reminder about a good cause event tonight. Worthen House – Lowell’s Oldest Tavern & Restaurant 141 Worthen St. Lowell, MA 01852 (978) 459-0300 – “this one is for Ed!” Thursday 12/23 8:30 to closing. The line-up is a who’s who of Lowell’s music industry. 8:45…
Read More »Gail Collins Gives Prez, Kerry, Lugar Stars for Christmas
December 23, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Politics
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Read NYTimes columnist Gail Collins today and feel good about our government leaders, at least some of them, working together to get some stuff done and move the sprawling nation forward a few feet just as we get set for another yearly starting line. Read her opinion here, and get…
Read More »Change of seasons: Boarding House Park
Tony Sampas catches the change of seasons, from fall to winter, at Boarding House Park in Lowell
Read More »See Lowell Filmmaker Jim Higgins’s Prize Film Online
Our blogging colleague Kad Barma called attention to this item: Lowell filmmaker and photographer James “Jim” Higgins won the Grand Jury Prize in the 2010 Screaming Ant Film Festival, which is a huge deal even though some of us have not heard of this annual online festival. His film “A Fairy’s Tale”…
Read More »‘Patterns of a Prayer Town’
December 22, 2010
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PaulM
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I wrote the first draft of this poem in 1976, and worked on it on and off for a long time. I had in mind the extensive outdoor lighting displays in Dracut (the town) and Lowell, but especially as it evolved the dense array of Christmas decorations in Pawtucketville, between Mammoth Road and…
Read More »St Patrick’s Nativity
Tony Sampas photographs the Nativity diorama at St Patrick’s Church in Lowell
Read More »Globe features Lowell’s Micky O’Keefe
A story in today’s Globe traces Lowell Police sergeant Micky O’Keefe’s newest career as an actor, after his starring role in the Mickey Ward biopic “The Fighter” which has created quite a buzz both here in Lowell and throughout the country. Here’s the full story from the Globe.
Read More »Is UMass Lowell’s Meehan in the Suffolk Hunt?
The Boston Herald’s Jessica Van Slack is reporting today that the Suffolk University Board of Trustees has a 13-member committee ready to go in search of a new President. Longtime President David Sargent has retired. It’s not a surprise that Van Slack “stirs the pot” – reporting that four seach committee members…
Read More »Globe reports on Mass. losing US House seat
December 22, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2010, Greater Lowell
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Read the boston.com article here and see US Rep. Niki Tsongas’s comments.
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