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Lowell resident Seng Ty has written a book about his experiences in the Killing Fields of Cambodia, his time in refugee camps, and his life in the United States. He will do a reading and signing this coming Wednesday, May 7 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Middlesex…
Read More »Game One Goes to Montreal; Chapter Two Set for Saturday
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Read More »From the Pacific Rim and the richardhowe.com western desk comes a new poem by Tom Sexton, occupier of poetry precincts on both coasts of America and distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School. — PM . Leaving Lowell, Mass. for San Francisco, 1915, a Postcard Standing beside Mayor Murphy on the…
Read More »Congratulations to everyone who participated in the successful civic-engagement action at the Lowell City Council last night, encouraging the councilors to study further refinements of the current design of Father Morissette Boulevard as opposed to removing bike lanes and parking meters. Kudos to the council as a whole for showing…
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Read More »Here are two interesting videos of the Lowell Mills originally posted on YouTube by muehog99. Video Description: Lowell, MA was one of the great industrial towns during the American Industrial Revolution. The great mills in the town were water powered. The mills in large part were run by young girls…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. On May 5, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court will take up the question of Attorney General Martha Coakley’s rejection of a ballot referendum to repeal the Massachusetts casino law. She concluded in December, 2011 that the referendum should be a…
Read More »[This is not a verbatim transcript, but as close to it as I can produce while watching the meeting[ ABOLISH BIKE LANES After some citations at the start of the meeting, the motion by Rita Mercier and Rodney Elliott to abolish the bike lanes on Fr. Morisette Blvd is taken…
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