This video was originally posted by nhrrman on YouTube. A Moose Mountain Production filmed by Richard ‘Moose’ Ouellette takes a look at the Lowell,MA trolley operation on 10/05/1989. The car 4131 is a replica of a Brill “Semi-convertible” car which is suited to all-weather operation. Built in 1987 by Gomaco…
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Several weeks ago construction began on a $3 million improvement project for River Road in Tewksbury. As I understand it there will be a radical rework of the junctions of Bailey and River Road and Hood and River Road as well as major drainage improvements.
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Kirby Perkins was a great political reporter, a lot of fun and a good friend. He died of a heart attack 14 years ago at the shockingly young age of 49. While he rubbed elbows…
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The new elevator at the Lowell Superior Courthouse has been operational for over a week now. The interior design blends well with the older buildings that house it.
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Join the Lowell Historical Society for its annual meeting this coming Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building on East Merrimack Street. The meeting will feature a panel discussion on the Civil War
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Dick Syron and John LaWare were affable enough heads of the Boston-based regional operation of the Federal Reserve System. But, when they were out in the community, they seemed to speak only with other businessmen…
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This may sound a bit morbid, but my favorite section of the newspaper is the obituaries. Each story is a history lesson in itself. In a way, the tour I give of the Lowell Cemetery is a series of oral obituaries shared while walking around a beautiful, natural setting. While…
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The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Press coverage of Africa is essential, good and insufficient,” Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson told a group of editorialists from the National Conference of Editorial Writers Monday in Washington. The head of the Bureau of African Affairs called…
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The entry below is being corss posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A fresh Washington Post/Pew Research Center poll shows that while Americans feel really good about the demise of Osama bin Laden, few think we’re home free when it comes to the threat of terrorism. Seven in ten believe…
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