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In November 1982, Vietnam veteran Dean Contover travelled to Washington, DC, for the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Last year, Dean shared his story about that experience which I’m reposting it today in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the memorial which occured on November 13,…
Read More »This post originally appeared here on November 9, 2010. I’m reposting it today in observance of the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Washington, D.C. Tonight [Nov 9, 2010] I joined forty others at the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union headquarters at 1 Tremont Place for the…
Read More »The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, was dedicated forty years ago this week on November 13, 1982. In recognition of that anniversary, here are the names of residents of Lowell whose names appear on “The Vietnam Wall.” The Lowell names and their stories are presented chronologically in order of…
Read More »Chaz Scoggins on Leaving Baseball By David Daniel On a cool weekday morning in October, looking comfortably rumpled in jeans and T-shirt that reads “Brooklyn Wonders, Players League 1890,” Chaz Scoggins sits in the Purple Carrot café on Merrimack Street in Lowell and talks baseball. The MLB season isn’t over…
Read More »What bugs me By Jack McDonough Years ago, a Boston morning radio personality by the name of Jess Kane had a segment called “What bugs you?” Kane didn’t actually take calls from listeners but if he returned today and made that a call-in part of the show, I’d probably contribute…
Read More »On October 6, 2022, the Coalition for a Better Acre celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala event at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The CBA started as a grassroots organization determined to save the neighborhood from an urban renewal plan that would have displaced hundreds. The CBA succeeded and has…
Read More »John Wooding shared the following: First Annual Recognition and Awards Ceremony Lowell City of Learning Please join us on November 10, 2022, at 5pm at the Richard & Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Centre at MCC, 240 Central Street in Lowell, for the presentation of the first Patrick J. Mogan Learning…
Read More »Forgot Your Password? By Jack McDonough Some questions can be very annoying. “Are you really going to wear that shirt? Are we going to have those same meatballs again tonight? Do you mind not drumming on the table like that?” But there’s nothing more annoying, infuriating, outrageously maddening than the…
Read More »Mike McCormick of Alaska by way of Haverhill, Massachusetts, is a fan of the Seatle Mariners baseball club. The Mariners’ trip to the playoffs this year brought to mind for Mike his youthful experience as a fan of the Boston Red Sox. Remembering the Red Sox During the Mariners’ 2022…
Read More »This essay originally appeared in the Boston Globe Ideas section on Sunday, October 23, 2022, and on bostonglobe.com on October 19. October Dreaming By David Daniel October is a month of mystic meanings. Of marigolds and wild asters and the ripe honey scent of Concord grapes on the…
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