Okay, who’s counting—I know it’s April 4. The haiku writers got an extension because of the weekend start for National Poetry Month. But here we are. Gentle-people and not so much-ers, start your compositional engines. Send traditional (5-7-5) Japanese-style haiku or looser Western haiku that say a lot in three…
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Arthur’s Paradise Diner is tucked in along the canal in the shadow of the Boott Cotton Mills. Eating there is like eating inside an old wooden tool box that is perfectly designed, without an inch of wasted space between the griddle and the booths. Tom ordered the cheese omelette and gave in…
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Question whether to shift 50% of the sewer debt to tax levy Ballot Question Yes 2188 No 2158
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Results Provided by the Tewksbury Patch 1 1 1A 2 2A 3 3A 4 4A Total Board of Selectmen (1) I-Doug Sears 239 221 208 208 265 289 209 196 1835 Jim Biewener 181 184 146 168 236 228 112 255 1510 Ed Sullivan 176 93 116 132 151 164…
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If you are interested in today’s Tewksbury Election the Tewksbury Patch is live blogging and posting pictures and videos of the happenings. Now that’s what I call hyperlocal reporting. Hats off to Bill Gilman.
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Bootstrap Productions and the Cultural Organization of Lowell have teamed up to produce an anthology of creative work by younger artists in Lowell: writers, musicians, visual artists, and others. The publication is set for release later this year. If you are (or know of) a creator no more than 40…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama this week laid out a plan to cut dependence on foreign oil by 2025. Forty years ago, Richard Nixon also promised to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. At the time about 34 percent of our…
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Look at this color wood block print image from a Japanese artist in 1857, and then look below at Tony Sampas’s photograph of Lowell City Hall in snow.
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This stuff is amazing…I’ll let the video speak for itself This is truly remarkable…Give it a try. Click the Box Below, then the Same Box on the Next Page
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The folks at Middlesex Community College threw a party for more than 500 people at Lowell Memorial Auditorium last night with the best music that could be ordered up, All-Beatles-All-the-Time. On stage was the top Beatles tribute band in this part of the country, Beatlejuice, whose players served up note-perfect versions…
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