Patronage

The ongoing US District Court corruption trial of the former leaders of the state’s Department of Probation is getting some attention here in Lowell, partly because the case grew out of a Globe Spotlight expose so that newspaper is covering the trial extensively, and partly because several current and former…

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Architect Patrick Tighe’s Work in NYT

Architect Patrick Tighe is based in Southern California these days, but he has deep Lowell roots. Today’s NYTimes’s Home section features photographs and an article about a house in Los Angeles designed by Patrick. Montee Karp and her husband Dr. Harvey Karp hired Patrick to transform their ocean-facing  house. She…

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Little Free Library

Little Free Library is an organization that promotes the sharing of books by small neighborhood repositories maintained by individuals in the community. I’d read about the practice and a short time ago spotted the above installation off Mass Ave in Cambridge. I chose to post the photo on Facebook yesterday…

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Lowell City Council Meeting: May 20, 2014

Vote for New Auditor Hannah York appointed new City Auditor by a 9-0 vote. In subsequent vote, councilors direct mayor and city solicitor to meet with Ms. York and negotiate employment agreement. There’s no start date, however, councilors mentioned she would have to give two week’s notice to her current…

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