In today’s Boston Globe correspondent Scott Kirsner speculates on the viability of start-up clusters created outside university-rich Boston hub. Citing the recent start-up seeds sown in Lowell and Fall River, Kirsner notes: The hope in Lowell is that a new incubator, dubbed M2D2, will attract medical device start-ups and spur…
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“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2011. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net The 32nd Annual Textile Regatta on the north bank of the Merrimack River in Lowell is tomorrow, Sunday, October 2
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Here’s the audio of Lowell City Council candidate Fred Doyle’s radio broadcast of earlier today: [youtube]zVudPvnOp9E[/youtube] As much as his verbal jabs seem unusual in today’s political environment, this is nothing new for Fred as you can judge for yourself by listening to THIS vintage broadcast from an earlier era.
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The UMass Lowell building boom includes South Campus at Broadway and Wilder. Photos by Tony Sampas
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Pick a Saturday morning to eat breakfast at the Owl Diner on Appleton Street. The scene is a town meeting of locals and yokels and foodie tourists from across the river or down the highway. This morning was no different. Between the narrow booth-and-counter front section and the expansive dining room…
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Maybe the Globe sports section is following the lead of the Red Sox and cleaning house. Somebody named Matt Pepin is now writing about the Red Sox but that’s not a bad thing because he has a great account of Terry Francona’s final press conference. Whatever you think of Francona,…
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The annual Lowell Open Studios event will take place this Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm each day at various venues around the city. Open Studios is a great opportunity to check out the local art scene and to support the artists working in our community. Almost…
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Back during the summer, there was confusion about the dates of this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery. One set of tours were originally set for today and tomorrow (Sept 30 and October 1) but that quickly had to be changed because of circumstances beyond my control. Even though all advertising…
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Jonathan Phelps has a story in the Eagle-Tribune about a difference of opinion among two Merrimack Valley legislators – Senator Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) and Barry Finegold (D-Andover) and former State Senator Sue Tucker. Tucker – who did not seek reelection – is a longtime opponent of casinos and slots and…
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The Mass Humanities Eighth Annual Fall Symposium has a timely focus on the influence of the internet on our politics, society and culture. The three session symposium will be held at Boston College on Saturday November 19, 2011 from 12:30 – 5pm. Callie Crossley – popular WGBH host and commentator –…
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