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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Before President Obama’s much heralded jobs speech last night, NPR’s Scott Horsley called it a “Hail Mary pass.” The reason we remember Doug Flutie’s “Hail Mary pass” is that it worked. Such last-ditch efforts don’t often result in…
Read More »Regular contributor Jim Peters shares the following essay: “First Encounter Beach” is well-known to anyone who has traveled to Cape Cod and gotten as far as Orleans or Eastham. It was the strip of land on which the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims attacked one another, with no one killed and…
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Read More »UMass Lowell conducted a dignified and inspirational rededication of the school’s 9/11 memorial today along the banks of the Merrimack River. Called “Unity”, the student designed memorial was initially dedicated on May 14, 2004 and sits along the Riverwalk on the University’s East Campus. “Unity” resembles a short granite cylinder…
Read More »The iconic Ayer Lion, the Lowell Cemetery resting place of patent medicine millionaire James C Ayer, underwent a major restoration this summer. The lion’s new look (above) is quite different than its former appearance (below) which showed the effects of rain, pollution and the natural aging process. A great opportunity…
Read More »It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be is about the best I can say. When moderator Brian Williams posed a question to Rick Perry about whether he had any trouble sleeping at night knowing that Texas has executed 234 people, more than any other, during his tenure,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Forget the critics. The current Diane Paulus’ version of Porgy and Bess at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge (based on the Suzan-Lori Parks/Diedre Murphy adaption of the original) is wonderful. And Audra McDonald’s Bess is a stellar…
Read More »This coming Thursday from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, the Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council will present a City Council Candidate Forum at the Amphitheater at the North Common. (Rain site is the Lafeyette Club at 465 Fletcher Street). The topic for this forum is “Public Safety & Neighborhood Issues.” Three other…
Read More »In the spring and the fall each year, I lead free public tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. This month, tours will occur on Friday, September 9 at 1 pm and Saturday, September 10 at 10 am. Another set will occur on Friday, September 23 at 1 pm and Saturday, September…
Read More »Last October I traveled to Houston to attend the funeral of David McNerney, a Lowell native who was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam and who also was my mother’s cousin. Up early the morning of the funeral, I tuned the radio in my hotel room to a local…
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