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City Hall in a cityscape
Tony Sampas climbed to the top floor of the Saints Memorial Medical Center parking garage to capture this picture of City Hall as part of this Lowell cityscape.
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Lowell City Hall
With all the news about the rediscovery of invaluable artifacts and documents in the attic of Lowell City Hall, Tony Sampas shared some photos of the building.
Read More »On the Road…to Damascas
No, this is not Brew’d Awakening on Market Street on a Thursday night. It’s Syria. The NTimes online today has a lead story on a literary freedom outpost in Damascas, where poets and writers stand up and speak freely at the House of Poetry, where the posters on the wall…
Read More »Author Russell Banks at the Kerouac Festival, Sept. 30
Acclaimed author Russell Banks will talk about Jack Kerouac and read from his own fiction on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. His novels include “Continental Drift,” “Affliction,” “Cloudsplitter,” and “The Reserve.” A book-signing will follow. Admission is free for students and seniors;…
Read More »A Blast From the Past with a Merrimack Valley Connection
Kevin Landrigan is a Nashua Telegraph columnist. His column appears in the Sunday paper. He is described by the paper’s website as “The Telegraph’s Eyes and Ears in Concord.” Former Lowell Sun staffer Kevin Landrigan is one of my favorite Sunday reads in the Nashua Telegraph. For many years now…
Read More »Lowell: Hidden History
An Irish passport circa 1924 – from the City Hall Attic treasure trove. In today’s Lowell Sun writer Jen Myers and photograher Dave Brow give us a glimpse into the treasures locked away in the attic of Lowell’s City Hall. From my perspective and interest in Lowell history, I see tackling…
Read More »Bob Herbert Keeps Trying to Get Back to the Main Story
September 18, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Education, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Politics, Culture
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Bob Herbert of the NYTimes has been consistent in his effort to call attention to the economic devastation at the ground level of our society. People at the low end of the income ladder have taken and continue to take a beating in this unsettled economy. Read his column today, and…
Read More »15 in 15
Our comrade (he won’t like me calling him that, heh heh) in blogging Kad Barma over there on Choosing a Soundtrack mentioned something called 15 for 15 going around on Facebook. The idea being for people to take 15 minutes and list the 15 “record albums,” no matter what technology I guess…
Read More »Victoria Fahlberg To Leave “ONE Lowell”
September 17, 2010
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Marie
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There is an announcement posted on the “One Lowell” website and noted on Facebook that Victoria Fahlberg, the founder of ONE Lowell, will be leaving her position as Executive Director effective Sept. 30th 2010. Victoria Fahlberg, the founder of ONE Lowell, will be leaving her position as Executive Director effective Sept.…
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Another Tony Sampas photograph
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