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UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney released the following statement today regarding the January 4, 2016 event for Donald Trump at the University’s Tsongas Center. The Tsongas Center’s professional management company has rented the facility to the Donald Trump campaign for an event on Monday, Jan. 4. The university is not…
Read More »Seems official if there are web links to get free tickets being posted on Facebook. The Donald is due in Lowelltown. John Cassidy of The New Yorker magazine has a cutting take on candidate Trump, one of the increasing number of media sideswipes that have not been effective in slowing…
Read More »The following essay is from Jim Peters: It is Christmas evening, which I guess can be confused with Christmas Eve(ning) but that is a stretch. I got everything I wanted, since I had no list of things that I desired. My family was with me, my mother was up from…
Read More »Some items left over from last week . . . Lowell Cinema viewing experience At least some of the theaters at the Lowell Cinema (near Industrial Ave and Cross Point) have been reconfigured. The rows of lightly-padded stadium style seats have been replaced by widely-spaced, thickly padded recliners. Because there…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s that time of year: movie time. The industry wants its best products out before the New Year to compete in the Oscars. The only question for my husband, my sister and me is whether to go to…
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Lowell as a Regional Christmas Attraction Kevin Harkins did an outstanding job capturing the allure of the mammoth Christmas tree smokestack at the Wannalancit Mills on his Harkins Photo Blog. John Power, a principal of Farley White Interests, the outfit that owns the Wannalancit Mills, had hoped to persuade others…
Read More »As a graduate of St. Margaret’s School (class of 1972), I took particular interest in the news of the merger of St. Margaret’s and Lowell Catholic High School to form a pre-K through grade 12 school beginning next fall. Here is the press release that delivered that announcement: Lowell Catholic…
Read More »By Jim Peters The title is taken from Paul Tsongas’ campaign booklet, “A Call to Economic Arms,” which was written in 1991 for the 1992 election for the Presidency of the United States. In the book, Paul did something that no one has done as well since, he wrote out…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell this week: December 21, 2015 – Monday 35 Riverwalk Way Unit 310 for $180,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $248,000 208 High St Unit 1 for $77,500. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 263-265 Wilder St for $265,000. Prior sale in 2007 for…
Read More »Each week on Sunday morning I post a “week in review” article. Sometimes there are some items that don’t fit, either for space or thematic reasons. This article, called “leftovers,” is a random collection of observations from the weekend and the prior week. MBTA Commuter Rail Friday morning I had…
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