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The Chair of Massachusetts Democratic Party came to Lowell last evening as part of a series of regional meetings with local and regional Democratic DSC members, local town/ward/city committee chairs and interested Democratic activists. Chairman Tom McGee had already spent a good part of his day with other Democrats…
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Walkability and Public Transportation On Friday I had a meeting in Boston and for the first time in months commuter rail seemed back to normal. The 8:25am train left Lowell on time and had only an average crowd. When I took that same train a month ago, it was packed…
Read More »Enjoy this cross-post from St. Patrick Church, St. Patrick Cemetery and Acre Irish historian David McKean from his LowellIrish blog as he shares an Easter “Acre Memory” ~ An Acre memory: Easter There was a strict rule in my home on the corner of Broadway and Walker that you can’t…
Read More »Mayor, city manager and councilors recognize Lowell DPW workers for effort they made in removing snow during this record-breaking winter. Cambodian New Year planning committee addresses the council about upcoming New Year celebration at Lowell Senior Center on April 4th from 9am to 3pm. Also the Cambodian flag raising is…
Read More »Entertainment titan David Geffen will give $100 million to renovate one performance hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The total cost of the project is estimated at $500M. Read the NYTimes story here. While certain individuals in the city and the Greater Lowell community as a whole have…
Read More »During the month of March the life, work and the memory of iconic Lowell writer Jack Kerouac is celebrated. Readings, musical tributes, discussions and walking the loop help commemorate the March 12 (1922) birthday of Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac. From the archive ~ Kerouac logs 2500 words toward finish of his first…
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A New High School for Lowell? The Lowell Public Schools deserve some attention this Sunday. This coming Wednesday at 10 am, the Massachusetts School Building Authority will formally invite the city of Lowell to something called the “MSBA’s Eligibility Period.” According to the MSBA’s website, being invited to the Eligibility…
Read More »With the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon in late April 1975 getting near, the media reports and conversation in our own city are turning more often to that awful time in Southeast Asia. The suffering all around was immense. I was in my junior year at the then-University…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet tomorrow – Saturday morning – March 21, 2015 at 8am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday March 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte.…
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For too long our daily outside temperature was locked in the teens and any precipitation was unquestionably snow. Yesterday’s rain seemed odd, unusual, almost difficult to comprehend. It and the warmer temperatures are signs of spring and the rapidly receding snow offers hope that soon we’ll be able to enjoy…
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