The weather forecasters seemed to get yesterday’s storm just about right: one burst at lunchtime, a lull of a couple of hours, and then the heaviest stuff from 3 pm until 10 pm. Sure enough, I went out at 9 pm and used the snow blower to clear the driveway…
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On this snowy night, from Alaska comes a poem with a snowy owl, courtesy of our desk in the West manned by Tom Sexton. Here’s a Lowell memory for our readers. For those who don’t know, Tom Sexton is a distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School and former Poet Laureate…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Elizabeth Warren insists she is not running for President, most recently this past Sunday on Channel 5′s On the Record program. This is a good thing. There’s been too much bandwagon buzz about a possible…
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Ed. Note: Last Friday night at the Nelson Mandela Memorial event at the Lowell Community Charter Public School, Fru Nkimbeng eloquently reminded everyone that Africa is a complex continent made up of many unique countries and cultures. Too often we here in America who do not have direct ties to…
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The Christmas Fruitcake: An Ageless Tradition by Henri Marchand A note from the author: Like its subject this essay has been around, appearing first as a Sunrise radio essay, re-wrapped as a “Guest Column” piece in the Sun and showing up on this blog for the past few years. At…
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Along with Henri Marchand’s “fruitcake” essay, the re-appearance of this poem has become part of the Christmas tradition for this blog. I wrote the first draft of this poem in 1976, and worked on it on-and-off for a long time. I had in mind the extensive outdoor lighting displays in Dracut (the…
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If you’re anxious for spring to arrive so you can join a tour of historic Lowell Cemetery, you can get a preview tomorrow (Tuesday, December 17, 2013) at the Lowell Senior Center. That’s when I’ll give a presentation on the Lowell Cemetery at NOON. It’s free and everyone is invited.…
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State Senator Eileen Donoghue is hosting an event to benefit the Sun Santa Fund on Monday, December 16, 2013 at La Boniche Restaurant, 143 Merrimack Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations may be made payable to “The Sun Santa Fund.”
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December 9, 2013 – Monday 62 Corinthian Dr for $365,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $193,135 89 Fremont St for $180,000. Prior sale in 2001 for $168,000 December 10, 2013 – Tuesday 398 Westford St for $220,000. Prior sale in 1972 75 Gates St for $152,000. Prior sale in 2009…
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Here are some observations on the past week in Lowell politics. Most of the items covered below come from last Tuesday’s City Council meeting which I covered in detail in a previous post. Downtown Businesses The item that dominated the discussion at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting was the state…
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