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Middlesex Superior Courthouse at 360 Gorham Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Legendary Locals of Lowell in stores now
Legendary Locals of Lowell is now available locally at Guy Lefebvre’s Lowell Gallery at 14 Jackson Street. Just around the corner from Central Street, Lowell Gallery is a treasure trove of historic images and artifacts of Lowell as well as a great place to get something framed. Plenty of convenient…
Read More »Bye Bye Wes
I know this isn’t a sports blog, but I want to help ease the pain felt by some of my fellow New England Patriot fans caused by the departure of Wes Welker. I know, I may be in the minority, but I for one think it was time for the…
Read More »Franco American School spring auction
Lowell’s Franco American School will hold its annual spring auction this year on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 7 pm at Mt Pleasant Golf Club (99 Staples Street in Lowell). The theme this year is a Chocolate Festival which is enough by itself to get me to attend. In addition…
Read More »Cable TV hearings at City Hall
Tonight (March 13) at 6:30 and again on April 10 at 6:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chamber, the city of Lowell will hold public hearings on the state of cable TV service in Lowell. This is a once-every-five-years important opportunity for you to share your views on cable…
Read More »Ed Markey’s first TV commercial: “Keep Standing Up”
Ed Markey doesn’t shy away from his fight to take assault weapons off our streets: [youtube]4R_eMqhv0Ag[/youtube]
Read More »Black & White Smoke
OK …by now we all know that if the Cardinals fail to elected a new Pope, “black smoke” rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and when they come to a consensus and select the new Pope “white smoke” rise from the famous chimney. But exactly how does…
Read More »Acre History forum Thursday night
Thursday March 13, 2013 at 7:00 PM Federal Building – Middlesex Community College, 50 Kearney Square, Lowell The main speaker at this year’s forum on the history of the Irish in the Acre will be Brian Mitchell, the author of “The Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, 1821–1861” and other…
Read More »Richard Howe, Jr., Dot Com and More
Just a shout out to the inventor of this blog, our faithful leader and executive editor, friend and colleague Dick Howe, Jr., on the delivery of his first book, “Legendary Locals of Lowell.” I predict a long shelf life for this sweeping pictorial account of people in the city. As…
Read More »Grossman, DeLeo speak reality to Patrick’s Dreams by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Patrick’s hopes for Massachusetts, delivered in his state-of-the-state address in January were big-picture, visionary, limitless in their possibilities – especially in transportation, education and tax reform. They were so big, in fact, they took your breath away. His proposals focused…
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