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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A serious debate over the bid to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston was a good idea. What took place Thursday night wasn’t. Promising a no-rules, informal format, the two moderators (the Boston Globe’s Sasha Pfeiffer and…
Read More »Murk failed to dampen the spirits of the festival faithful on the second day of the annual cultural extravaganza uttered on the downtown streets of Lowell late every July. The morning sky was murky for sure. It did not look like a promising day for an outdoor party. But the…
Read More »A reminder for you locavores that the Lowell Farmers’ Market is on hiatus this week since the JFK Plaza is set-up for music, food and dancing at the 2015 Lowell Folk Festival. Open on Fridays from 12-5pm, the Farmers’ Market will be back on schedule next week with “Earth Fest”…
Read More »The 2015 Lowell Folk Festival is upon us. It begins with the kick-off parade which leaves City Hall at 6:30 pm and ends at Boarding House Park for a night of music and food. (The Dutton St. Dance Pavilion will also be in operation tonight). The Festival continues tomorrow and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi used his office to enrich himself to the tune of $65,000, securing a state contract for Cognos, which paid him on a monthly basis for his efforts. The third House Speaker…
Read More »American author, poet, civic activist Henry David Thoreau was a man of action when it came to his beliefs and conscience. Learn about his act of “civil disobedience” here in a post from the archive…. July 23, 1846 ~ Thoreau Jailed! Walked in from the Woods… July 23, 2013 by Marie Posted in Greater…
Read More »Last night I took a walk to Cupples Square, the vibrant business hub of the Highlands, where a road construction project recently commenced. First some background: Cupples Square is mostly along Westford Street in the Highlands neighborhood. Coming from downtown, once your cross the intersection with School Street you reach…
Read More »Late yesterday, there were more than 100 young people cooling off in the swimming pool. It was too hot for a basketball game, so the court was empty except for three guys practicing jump shots. This morning at 6.15 am, a personal trainer had 12 people working out on one…
Read More »The transformation of the former Price Spaghetti plant into a massive data center owned by the Markley Group came before the Lowell Planning Board this evening for preliminary review. I consider this to be one of the most significant projects in the city in quite a few years so I…
Read More »photo Washington Post The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When John F. Kennedy was asked how he became a hero in World War II, he said, “It was involuntary. They sank my boat.” But it wasn’t the Japanese sinking of PT 109 that made JFK a…
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