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Lowell Live Feed on Facebook has a discussion thread about a new report on Lowell’s downtown and the related issues of parking, business mix, etc. I began to comment on the thread, but my comment got long so I decided to post it here on the blog. I think Yogi…
Read More »As I look out on a frozen landscape piled high with the snows of the more recent “Blizzard of 2015” and anticipate a long duration storm predicted to bring another 10-15 inches, I’m remembering along with MassMoments, the Blizzard of ’78. There is an historical record of the Blizzard of…
Read More »The KhmerPost USA, Lowell’s Cambodian language newspaper which circulates up and down the East Coast, held another of its Press Club events today at Lowell Telecommunications Corp. Roger Pin, a co-publisher of the paper, explained that he began these Press Clubs back in 1994 when he was the President of…
Read More »The new issue of the biannual events tabloid is out at UMass Lowell. To see what’s coming, check this link. Highlights include a benefit concert by pop star Melissa Manchester, an Oscar Wilde play, a reading by a poet recently nominated for a National Book Award, a production by the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Three Massachusetts Speakers indicted, the most recent, Sal De Masi, sent to the slammer for eight years. With Massachusetts reeling from the scandalous pattern, Representative Bob DeLeo became the man of the hour in 2009 when, on becoming…
Read More »Presentation by Kerrie D’Entremont of Greater Lowell Health Alliance on efforts to address opioid epidemic. She said this is an urgent, unmet, public health crisis. The Alliance has been involved with setting up unwanted medication turn-in opportunities and making Narcan more available. Also youth education efforts. Says funding is spread thin…
Read More »We all know how the Super Bowl turned out, and what a wild game the Patriots and Seahawks played. Waiting for the kickoff (six hours of pre-game chatter on TV), I could not help thinking about the history of the Patriots and what a journey the team has been…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the Super Bowl: I am cheating. I am supposed to be working on a blog for April’s commemoration of Lowell’s sacrifices in the Civil War. Of course, as I have often written, we should name another building or bridge for Samuel Pollard…
Read More »Next Sunday, February 8 at 2 pm at the Loading Dock Gallery, Maxine Farkas will give a talk on the historical geography of Western Avenue. The talk is free and open to the public. Here’s a description of the event that Maxine has posted on Faceook: I will be offering…
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Snow Removal Politically it was a quiet week in Lowell due to the blizzard that dumped 33 inches of snow on top of us. Another significant snowfall is about to hit us. Tim Kelly on NECN just said the snow should begin here in Lowell by 5 am and continue…
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