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Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act

March 9, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments

Last week the US House of Representatives approved the Lowell Nation Park Exchange Act filed by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.  According to a press Release issues Tsongas’ office on February 29: The bill permits the transfer of the National Park’s surface parking lots on Dutton Street to the City in exchange…

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The Road We’ve Traveled Official Trailer

March 8, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Election 2012 Leave a Comment

Here’s a preview of the Obama 2012 campaign:   [youtube]NXtJhLUOFXE[/youtube]

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SUN Shines for Kerouac’s 90th Birthday

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Nancye Tuttle of the Sun has the story on the Lowell celebration for what would be Jack Kerouac’s 90th birthday this coming Monday, March 12.

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Kerouac in Boston Magazine—A Good Word

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Lowell, Culture, History Leave a Comment

Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.

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“Questioning Authority, Keeping the Faith” in the Boston College Magazine

March 8, 2012 by Marie Posted in Culture, History Leave a Comment

The Winter 2012 edition of the Boston College Magazine arrived in the mail today. As always it is chock full of interesting and enlightening articles. One such article “Questioning Authority, Keeping the Faith” has some very interesting statistics about American Catholics. The article was based on the opening remarks at…

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Presidential Primary Results

March 8, 2012 by DickH Posted in Lowell, Election 2012 7 Comments

It may come as news to many, but there was an election held here in Massachusetts two days ago. It was the Presidential Primary but similar races in other states grabbed what spotlight there was. By my count, just under 4000 people made it to the polls in Lowell which,…

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Skippy Roberge, Lowell Major-Leaguer

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 2 Comments

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Joseph Albert “Skippy” Roberge of Lowell, who played several years for the Boston Braves. He also played for several minor league clubs, including Toronto (see below). Here’s an extended description of his life and sports career from Baseball in Wartime on the web.

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Get Your Hockey @ the Tsongas–River Hawks v. Prov. Tonight

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 2 Comments

Our friends at leftinlowell.com posted lively about the Hockey East playoffs starting tonight at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell with the River Hawks taking on Providence College. Click here for all the details.

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East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group meets March 27

March 7, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Lowell Leave a Comment

Here’s an announcement from the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group: East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting When: Tuesday, March 27 – 7:00-8:30 pm Where: Pawtucketville Social Club 123 University Avenue, Lowell, MA “Thank you for making so much happen!! We have started the ball rolling, and change is happening in East Pawtucketville.…

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“What the Dickens is Going On?” by John Edward

March 7, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Charles Dickens Quoting the opening words from A Tale of…

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