See you at Mill No. 5 TODAY

Please stop by Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street today between noon and 5 pm. The theme this month is PAPER and I’ll be there all day with a table for my two Lowell books and plenty of info about Lowell Walks. Paul Marion will be right beside me with…

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Paul Marion remarks at Retirement Party

Last night several hundred people gathered at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center to honor co-blogger Paul Marion on his retirement from UMass Lowell. After a short speaking program that featured remarks from UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, Vice Chancellor of University Relations Patti McCafferty, and me – plus…

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Lowell MA – A Telephone Synergy Nexus

The following is by Vincent Valentine, the founder of The Telephone Museum: If there were a map showing naturally occurring synergies of proximity, Lowell would be a major nexus point for telephony. While Lowell native Charles Glidden is known as an American telephone pioneer and Moses Greely Parker is credited…

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Lowell City Council Meeting: March 1, 2016

Report on relocation of Dog Park referred to Parks Subcommittee Petition for an easement on Fairview St. [This has been before the council several times before with the council voting against it last year]. The homeowner/petitioner explains that his lot fronts Mansur Street on one side (where it has access)…

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