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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s on blog. You can visit it here. Each year, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial page editor Tom Waseleski prepares for the New Year an aspirational list of headlines.  For several years, I have shamelessly borrowed the idea and herewith present my own suggestions,…

On Christmas night and again yesterday, I noticed some Tweets on Twitter by people who had received Legendary Locals of Lowell as Christmas gifts. Thank you to all who made those selections and to those who received the book as a gift, I hope you enjoy it. The book is…

Back by popular demand from last Christmas: [youtube]Ioxqgafd0yY[/youtube]

Here are some of the highlights from Channel 99, Lowell’s municipal access cable station for 2013: [youtube]5v-CXc1_nfE[/youtube] And here’s another video from LTC offering glimpses of some of the other programming available on Lowell cable access: [youtube]15NES_AM0kU[/youtube]

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron;s own blog. It was originally posted on December 17. Today’s papers announced the latest entrant in the 2014 race for governor: a Tea Party challenger to Charlie Baker for the Republican nomination. Mark Fisher, a Shrewsbury resident and newbie at…

Photos by Tony Sampas

Here’s a review of Lowell politics for the week past: Outbreak of Violence This week’s outbreak of violence has to be the big story of the week. Wednesday night a man was murdered in an apartment on Second Street in Centralville and Thursday afternoon three men were shot in their…

Twenty-five years ago today, Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed as were 11 people on the ground. The bomb was the work of agents of the Libyan government. A monument to the victims stands…

Here are real estate sales of property in Lowell from this past week. There was certainly a surge in activity which is a good sign although I suspect it’s partly attributable to few people wanting to purchase houses in the coming week with Christmas right in the middle of it.…

Henri Marchand shared the following essay about his search for the perfect Christmas tree: We begin the holiday season engaged yet again in a debate of vital importance. It’s an annual and endless argument and we look forward to every December—what qualifies as the perfect Christmas tree? Over the years…