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Mountain Biking in the State Forest
This is a unique look at the Lowell State Forest captured from the view of a mountain biker. This video was originally posted by rrale22.
Read More »Ayer Lion under cover at Lowell Cemetery
I took advantage of today’s holiday to do a recon of the Lawrence Street side of the Lowell Cemetery. This spring, our tours will all commence at the Lawrence Street gate and will cover that half of the cemetery. This will allow us to share more of the amazing stories…
Read More »“Step it up: Rethinking Public Safety” by Bobby Tugbiyele
Bobby Tugbiyele (too-bee-yell-e) has been the President of Center City Committee, Inc since October 2011. Center City Committee is an organization comprised of a group of community builders with deep roots and experience in promoting the downtown as well as advocating for issues affecting it. Bobby and his wife are…
Read More »Lowell’s “Spirited” Paul Marion ~ a Voice and a Vision
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell is honoring Paul Marion with its Thomas G. Kelakos Community Spirit Award. Paul is a wisely chosen honoree – next to his family – community is Paul’s life, his focus, his passion. A true son of Lowell, Paul is a voice for the community expressing visions for…
Read More »SuitABILITY In Downtown Lowell
This is a cross-post from our local blog neighbor at http://lovinlowell.com/blog/ SuitAbility “Suits-Up” For 2012 February 15, 2012 at 5:27 pm · Business Feature Stories, Uncategorized · Comments This past year saw SuitAbility settle into a new location at 101 Paige Street and become involved in the downtown scene. This…
Read More »Comcast changes the channel on government programming
Thursday afternoon at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) executive board – I’m a member of the LTC board of directors – I learned that Comcast had unilaterally decreed that on March 20, 2012, it would move the content of Lowell Cable channel 10, our government…
Read More »Upcoming Cultural Events at UMass Lowell
New World Jazz Composers Octet (Music on the Merrimack series), featuring UMass Lowell faculty member Walter Platt on trumpet and flugelhorn. Feb. 23, 7.30 pm, Durgin Concert Hall, 35 Wilder St, UMass Lowell South Campus. Free and accessible. Columbinus, a performance by the Off-Broadway Players student theater group at UMass Lowell.…
Read More »“Meanderings with the Mayor” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares the following essay: I have supported Patrick Murphy very strongly for two campaigns now. I must admit that I did not support him when he ran against my sister-in-law, Niki Tsongas, but I did support him two years ago, when he came in eighth for…
Read More »Will the Santorum-i-zation of Scott Brown work in Massachusetts? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A new Suffolk University/Channel 7 poll puts Senator Scott Brown nine points ahead of Democratic challenger Elizabeth Brown. But what will be the impact on the Massachusetts electorate of his recent effort to emulate Rick Santorum in the…
Read More »Public Sculpture in Chicago
(Web photo by Tessa Marshall, courtesy of timeoutchicago.com). This is the sculpture “Cloud Gate” (2004) by Anish Kapoor in Chicago’s Millennium Park, which has been integrated into a new temporary sculptural installation whose colored lights are synched up and change with a related musical track. The light/music design is by Luftwerk, a collaborative…
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