Current Events

There’s plenty to do in Lowell this weekend and this coming week. Here are some highlights: Saturday, April 22, 2017   La Guagua Community Poetry Festival The Middlesex Humanities Center of Middlesex Community College is holding an all-day poetry festival today at the Federal Building at 50 Kearney Square. Called…

Next Wednesday night – April 26, 2017 – from 7 to 9 pm, I’ll be at the UMass Lowell O’Leary Library at 61 Wilder Street for a “Local Author Marketplace” organized by the UMass Lowell Library. All three of my books will be available for sale that evening. They are:…

When he visited Lowell earlier this month, Chief Justice Ralph Gants of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said one of his major concerns is how the state’s criminal justice system assesses and collects fees and fines on defendants. These mandated payments are embedded throughout. Upon failure to pay, a judge…

Most people know that the U.S. Census is conducted every ten years with the next one to be conducted in 2020. The census is a moment-in-time snapshot of the United States, but it doesn’t just happen. As soon as one census is completed, preparation for the next census begins. The…

Lowell Walks will kick-off this year with a North Common walk on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 10 am. This walk will begin at the Murkland School, 350 Adams Street, Lowell and will be led by Dick Howe. This area of Lowell is packed with history and interesting stories. The…

Every individual, whether at work or at home, relies on electronic information and communications in some way. Recent events remind us that those communications and that information is vulnerable to exploitation by criminals and others. Protecting yourself against cyber-crime is an essential part of living in today’s connected world. Recognizing…

From Mehmed Ali: Please join the Parker Lecture Series and the University Library for some engaging political discussion at two upcoming events. On Thursday, March 30th former Governor John H Sununu will be welcomed to the Inn and Conference Center for a lecture on the Presidency of George H.W. Bush. Sununu was the…

Last evening, hosted by State Senator Eileen Donoghue and led by Senate President Stan Rosenberg, nearly one-third of the entire Massachusetts State Senate came to Lowell for the latest Commonwealth Conversations session. Senators present (shown seated at the table in the above photo, from left to right, while being welcomed…