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Lowell Blizzard 2013…Some Play, Some Work
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Read More »A Memory Making Storm…What Are Yours?
As we sit and wait to see the full impact of today’s expected “Blizzard”, below is a look back at the storm of the century. The storm that those of use that lived through will never forget. In 1978 I was living on the first floor of a three family…
Read More »Schedule for Writing Stuff
The Lowell Poets reading at the Gloucester Writers Center has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 6, at 1 pm, in the fishing hub of the North Shore. Also, with Winterfest pushed ahead to Saturday, Feb. 23, that means the 2nd Annual Lowell Writers and Publishers Winter Roundup at the Old…
Read More »Blizzard of 2013 community reports
Years from now I hope when I read the headline of this post I don’t have to ask, “Which one?” As I write at 7am on Friday, February 8, 2013, it’s 24 degrees outside and scattered snowflakes have been falling since 5am. Yesterday, cancellations started rolling in: almost every school…
Read More »Blizzard of ’78 Journal Excerpts
In February 1978, I was living with my parents in an apartment off Mammoth Road in Dracut. We and the neighbors rode out the historic blizzard as best as we could. We monitored events on the radio and TV. I kept a journal in those days and made notes about…
Read More »Tewksbury Democratic Caucus Cancelled ~ Rescheduled
Due to the forecast of heavy snow and blizzard conditions for Friday and Saturday, the Tewksbury Democratic caucus scheduled for this coming Saturday February 9, 2013 has been cancelled. The caucus has been rescheduled for Saturday February 23, 2013 at 10am in Town Hall.
Read More »MassMoments Remembers the Blizzard of ’78 and So Do I…
On this day – February 7, 1978 – we awoke to many inches that later became feet of snow that had accumulated overnight. The snow continued falling throughout the day. Roads and highways were clogged with stranded cars and trucks locked-in by the snow and other vehicles. Governor Dukakis banned any but…
Read More »Visions of UMass Lowell
The new UMass Lowell parking garage on Broadway by night. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Proposed pre-Broadway production tax credit a no no by Marjorie Arons Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I can remember the day when many, if not most, major Broadway shows opened in Boston for a test run. West Side Story and South Pacific are just two that spring immediately to mind. (Others opened in Philadelphia or…
Read More »The market price of on-street parking
Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, one of the foremost urban thinkers in America today, has a provocative op-ed in the Globe. In “Best deal in town: on-street parking“, Glaeser examines the economics of urban parking. He contends that the because real estate is so valuable, the true cost of a parking…
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