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Here’s the local forecast for tomorrow night and Wednesday from the National Weather Service: Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Light north wind. Tuesday Night: Snow, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Low around 23. Calm wind becoming north between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation…
Read More »Tony Sampas captures the west side of a Walker Street tenement at dusk.
Read More »Steve O’Connor discovered a room full of books and an incredible story in Pawtucketville: A few years ago, while browsing through The Lowell Sun, I came across a small announcement in the classified section under Free Offers. “Sherlock Holmes Books Free to Interested Party.” I was intrigued by the announcement,…
Read More »Mickey O’Keefe, Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in a scene from “The Fighter” Another review of “The Fighter” has surfaced – this time on WickedLocal.com/provincetown. Writer/reviewer Loren King has an interesting take on the movie, the family and on the city of Lowell. …Wahlberg, who’s owned the rights to this…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Often, elected officials vote yea in committee and nay on final passage of a bill so they can have it both ways. How many officials, elected or appointed, can you name who have done a complete,…
Read More »Arizona Republic columnist Linda Valdez today writes about the shooting of the homegrown Congresswoman. I picked up this link from realclearpolitics.com
Read More »Sparked by news of Dharma Buns sandwich shop’s expected closing this week, there’s a lively, thoughtful discussion about downtown life (business and otherwise) going on at www.leftinlowell.com. Here’s the link to the comments (20-plus and increasing). UPDATE from Dick (who is sorry to intrude on Paul’s post) Besides the lively…
Read More »In today’s Boston Globe – editorial page editor Peter S. Cannellos offers his take on the real meaning of John F. Kennedy’s “City Upon a Hill” speech of farewell to the citizens of the Commonwealth – offered 50 years ago today. From Canellos: By making Winthrop his antecedent, his very…
Read More »As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the election of John F. Kennedy – native son of Massachusetts – to the position of 35th President of the United States, it is fitting that we recall his parting words to the citizens of the Commonwealth. On January 9, 1962, the President-elect…
Read More »Back on March 11, 2010, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, one of today’s shooting victims, warns of the dangers that result when politicians use the rhetoric of violence. She was sadly and personally prophetic. [youtube]qs75zKxJxVY[/youtube]
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