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‘Salmon Sky Above the Mills’ by Richard Marion
“Salmon Sky Above the Mills” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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[youtube]eih67rlGNhU[/youtube] Someone once joked to me that walking through downtown Lowell was like visiting a casting call for Les Miserables. That was twenty years ago. I’m not sure how much has changed. It’s really in the nature of cities to attract all kinds of people, from the very well off…
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JFK in Dallas ~ newly discovered photos
This newly available photo of President John F. Kennedy just minutes – maybe seconds – before he was killed in Dallas, shows a smiling, welcoming crowd. See the series of eight photos here at Time Magazine/LightBox taken by H. Warner King, an amateur photographer. Read his daughter’s story of why they only recently…
Read More »CITY OF LIGHTS PARADE & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Here’s some information from the city of Lowell office of special events: CITY OF LIGHTS PARADE & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION USHERS IN THE 2013 HOLIDAY SEASON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. IN DOWNTOWN LOWELL Daytime Family Activities, Strolling Carolers, and the 6th Annual Hot Chocolate Competition lead…
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Walsh moves from wannabe to will be by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Still-a-state rep Marty Walsh appeared yesterday on Channel Five’s On the Record. The candidate who, in debates and interviews, was unprepossessing at best, often awkward with rhetoric trending banal, is looking more and more mayoral. His presentation was…
Read More »City Council meeting: November 12, 2013
The first post election city council meeting. Vice Chair Joe Mendonca is chairing the meeting. Mayor Murphy is at an energy conservation summit in Boston tonight. A modification of the traffic flow on Fletcher Street near the intersections of Whiting and Dane Street that involves elimination of curbside parking to…
Read More »“Fog Lights” by Joe Meehan
I recently learned that Joe Meehan, a good friend from the Greater Lowell YMCA, writes poetry. I asked him to consider sharing one of his poems with us and he agreed. Here’s what Joe offered as background: The change from September to October has a different look and feel the…
Read More »DETROPIA screening this Saturday
If you are near Lowell, MA on Saturday see DETROPIA – Film Screening + Post Film Discussion! Saturday, Nov. 16, 1:00PM, Boott Cotton Mills Events Center, 115 Foot of John Street, Lowell, Free admission! Guest Speaker: UMass Lowell HISTORY Professor Robert Forrant. A critically acclaimed look at what happens when…
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