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Centro and Slumbrew — a good pairing
I’m a Bud guy. When it comes to beer, the most “adventurous” I get is Stella Artois and Anchor Steam. I’m not a big drinker of the heavier and darker beers. That being said, my son, Andy, who writes...
View ArticleSlots of fuss
For the life of me I can’t figure out what the big fuss is about a slots parlor possibly coming to the area. Some folks in Tewksbury are up in arms that Penn National Gaming wants to put an upscale...
View ArticlePreliminary election a waste of time
Instead of all the hand-wringing over the low turnout for Lowell’s preliminary City Council election Tuesday, let’s look at the root cause: It was a colossal waste of time, money and energy. The way...
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Your new Vinyl Destination
There’s a new destination in Lowell for those who love their music coming from a round plastic platter spinning under a needle. If you’re like me (namely, old), you still have your old albums that you...
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Spare some change for a panhandle ordinance?
Lowell’s new anti-panhandling ordinance — designed to dissuade people from approaching other folks and asking for money in the downtown historic district by fining them $50 — begs more questions than...
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Murphy portrait not appropriate — but it’s fitting
The portrait of Patrick Murphy that the former mayor would like to see hang in the hallowed halls of City Hall is fitting, when you think about it. It shows him walking away. Which is what he did. The...
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McKay’s death a great loss for Lowell
The death of Tom McKay will leave a hole in the city of Lowell that will be tough to fill, if it ever is. McKay was a unique and special guy who literally was upbeat every time you’d bump into him. The...
View ArticleUpskirting the issue
I’m only guessing here, but I have to believe that only in Massachusetts could the highest court in the state rule that it’s perfectly OK for a guy to take a picture up a woman’s skirt or, by...
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Gervais Lincoln in Lowell will be the site of Saturday’s Driven to Give event. From left, John Martin, general sales manager for Gervais Lincoln; Fred Simon, chairman of the December Salvation Army...
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Lowell man’s aim: Helping cancer patients
When Adam Mitchell was diagnosed with leukemia almost two years ago, it was one of those dawn-breaks-over-Marblehead moments, one of those times when it takes a momentous occasion to sort of whack you...
View ArticleiPods for Wounded Veterans enters a new chapter
One day in 2010, a group of veterans from the Merrimack Valley boarded a bus in Wilmington with 37 iPods. Twelve hours later, they disembarked with their cargo at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in...
View ArticleWestminster tobacco ban should go up in smoke
Tobacco is legal. Oh, it’s frowned upon by a large segment of the population, whether you chew it or smoke it rolled up in a piece of paper. No doubt about it, there is a large segment of the...
View ArticleMeehan U: Marty should stay in Lowell
Yes, he was once a politician, and some may say he is still one at heart. But since leaving the world of politics to join the world of academia almost eight years ago, Marty Meehan has proven that you...
View ArticleSave a pull-tab, save a life
That soda can in your hand? Before you toss it in the recycling bin (wait, you weren’t going to throw it in the trash, were you?), you see that little pull-tab you used to open the can? Rip it off....
View ArticleSome new Olympic events, should the games come to Boston
So, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games may very well be coming to Boston — and, by extension, Lowell. By that time, former Gov. Deval Patrick should be a very rich man at the $7,500-per-day salary he’s...
View ArticleMarathon survivors stepping up so others can walk
TYNGSBORO — When Steve Chamberland says he thanks God for the accident in 1999 that took his right leg, Celeste Corcoran gets it. Don’t get her wrong — she still curses that day 736 days ago when two...
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‘Driven to Give’
When’s the last time you attended a fundraiser or a benefit event for a person or organization and didn’t have to reach into your pocket or pocketbook and pull out your wallet? Well, keep your money in...
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