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The Lowell Historical Society has recently gone live with a blog site. This is a cross post of an entry I just wrote for the Society’s blog. Hopefully, we will continue this relationship! Marie Clerk, LHS The Lowell Historic Board has resumed publication of a quarterly newsletter – “Presence from…
Read More »In the wake of the Governor Christie final denial – the editorial in today’s Nashua Telegraph questions “is this it?” Is this the field of Republican candidates for President in 2012? It seems that way to our friend in a state very close to setting one of the earliest dates…
Read More »Back in April the Springfield Republican launched a series aiming to tell of Springfield’s role in the Civil War and of how the community and environs weathered the difficult years of the War. Springfield native and local historian Wayne Phaneuf – who is in charge of all editorial operations at…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren answer questions at endorsement event in Lowell today canal-side in downtown Lowell. After teaching a class at Harvard this morning , Elizabeth Warren made her way to Lowell early this afternoon to accept an important endorsement of her candidacy for the…
Read More »In his Washington Post column yesterday Massachusetts native E. J. Dionne posed two questions about the political left and President Obama with some comments on the political right’s monopoly of the narrative. He posits that an engaged left could shown how moderate the President really is and how far to…
Read More »The dig site on the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church in Lowell, MA Photo by ANNE RUTHMANN PHOTOGRAPH (Irish America magazine, October-November 2011 edition) Checking in at Dave McKean’s LowellIrish blog gave me this bit of news. The story of the collaboration between UMass Lowell and Queens University Belfast on…
Read More »In today’s Boston Globe correspondent Scott Kirsner speculates on the viability of start-up clusters created outside university-rich Boston hub. Citing the recent start-up seeds sown in Lowell and Fall River, Kirsner notes: The hope in Lowell is that a new incubator, dubbed M2D2, will attract medical device start-ups and spur…
Read More »Jonathan Phelps has a story in the Eagle-Tribune about a difference of opinion among two Merrimack Valley legislators – Senator Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) and Barry Finegold (D-Andover) and former State Senator Sue Tucker. Tucker – who did not seek reelection – is a longtime opponent of casinos and slots and…
Read More »The Mass Humanities Eighth Annual Fall Symposium has a timely focus on the influence of the internet on our politics, society and culture. The three session symposium will be held at Boston College on Saturday November 19, 2011 from 12:30 – 5pm. Callie Crossley – popular WGBH host and commentator –…
Read More »Today Congresswoman Niki Tsongas joined officials from the Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, and the city of Lowell to celebrate the opening of River Reach Park. Located behind the historic Spalding House this new park provides an exciting location for interpretive programs at the Pawtucket Falls. She…
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