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What is Bloomsday? Fom Today in Dublin: Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The name…
Read More »Earlier this evening I attended the Annual Meeting of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. As an early advocate and a founding member of the Community Foundation along with Dick Donahue, Peter Stamas, Mary Bacigalupo, George Duncan and others – I have a special interest in the Foundation. I’m happy to report that the…
Read More »The Merrimack Valley has seen changes or changes are in the works at the top level of many school districts lately – Tewksbury, Dracut, Andover, Lawrence, Haverhill, Greater Lowell Voke, Greater Lawrence Voke and probably more. There are so many that even the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents can’t keep its website…
Read More »FLAG DAY AND NATIONAL FLAG WEEK, 2010 _____________________ BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag on June 14, 1777, the thirteen stripes alternating red and white, and thirteen white stars in a blue field, represented “a new…
Read More »Across the United States June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day to honor the nation’s flag and reflect on the flag as a symbol of the nation’s ideals. Although Flag Day is a nationwide observance, it is not a nationally recognized legal public holiday. Some history: On June 14, 1777, the Continental…
Read More »Lowell – the Mill Town of the 1940’s – is the star of Tracy Winn’s collection of short stories – Mrs. Somebody Somebody. The trials and tribulations of an assortment of characters from many of Lowell neighborhoods have lives that interconnect and thus tell us a story. As noted in Booklist: Over time, through the…
Read More »Maybe it’s the time of year – the decennial census and all those college and university graduations and commencements – that makes this issue pop-up now. There are statistics currently available from the new census data about the states having the highest number of college degrees for those adults between the…
Read More »There is a long boxing tradtion in Lowell. From the Silver Mittens training and bouts back at the Immaculate Conception CYO and later the Boys Club to the local, regional and national Golden Gloves bouts and tournaments and onward to the professional boxing scene, Lowell has done it all. With…
Read More »The western Massachusetts town of Longmeadow joined my own community of Tewksbury as they supported a renovation/reconstruction project to upgrade a seriously dilapidated Longmeadow High School. After a long period of public discussion – some quite contentious – and an overwhelming vote of approval at a recent Town Meeting –…
Read More »Leo Mahoney was an iconic figure within the local business and philanthropic community. His low-key manner belied both his business acumen and his keen knowledge of everything going on in the Lowell community. Faith and family guided his life along with a penchant for doing good for his fellow man.…
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