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RIP Sherman Hemsley
Actor Sherman Hemsley best known for his portrayal of George Jefferson died last night. The Jeffersons, created by Norman Lear, aired for 11 seasons (1975-1985).
Read More »View the Race, Bay State Memorial 5k
The Third Annual Bay State Memorial 5k Road Race will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 11:00 am, on the famous “Good Times” course in Lowell, Massachusetts. Come and join the fun, and lend your support to two incredibly worthy and valued causes: the Diane Geehan Youth Running Fund, and…
Read More »Lowell Folk Festival ~ Time To Volunteer
This story appeared in the Tewksbury Advocate in July, 2006 At this time of the year, memories of Lowell Festivals past can’t help but be on my mind. I volunteered at the first Lowell Folk Festival – back when it was designated as the official national folk festival! I wasn’t…
Read More »Thoreau Refuses To Pay Back Taxes
A reprise: MassMoments reminds us that on this day – July 23, 1846 – Henry David Thoreau after walking from his Walden Pond cabin to do an errand – found himself in the Concord town jail for refusing to pay his back taxes. His was just an over-night stay –…
Read More »A Cautionary Tale: Stockton, Calif.
I lived in Stockton, California, for about seven months in 1967. My father had taken a job grading wool for the Cal Wool Co-op; the move didn’t work out, and my family was back in the Lowell area by the end of the year. Stockton felt a lot like Lowell…
Read More »Colorado shooting scares, saddens and stymies us by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Shouting fire in a crowded theater is a terrible thing to do. Opening fire is a horror of a whole order of magnitude. Most of America is struggling to make sense out of 24-year-old neuroscience student James Holmes’ rampage, which so…
Read More »Westview Road zoning before City Council on Tuesday
A major event in a proposed 11 house subdivision by David Daley at the end of Westview Road will occur this coming Tuesday when Mr. Daley presents his petition to have the zoning of the land changed from its current Industrial to Residential. Here’s how it’s listed on the Council…
Read More »“As through a glass, darkly”
Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Bridge removal in Hamilton Canal District
City Manager Bernie Lynch gives a report on his blog of the removal yesterday of the temporary bridge over the Hamilton Canal on Jackson Street. Marianne Gries, Sopheak Sam and Lisa DeMeo were all taking photos. A couple are posted here.
Read More »LTI’s “The Pickout” Now Digitized
A page from the 1956 Edition of “The Pickout” – the Yearbook for the Lowell Technological Institute. Please note the late Professor John A. Goodwin seated to the far left in the first row of the Textile Manufacturing faculty group photo. John died last month at the age of 95…
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