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‘In Praise of Applesauce’ by Tom Sexton
One of our far-flung correspondents, Tom Sexton, checked in with a new poem from the apple yards of Maine, where he is counting icicles and writing a memoir about growing up in Lowell. In the great tradition of apple poems by Lawrence High School-grad Robert Frost and others, Tom gives…
Read More »‘Mill Power’ Review in ‘Merrimack Valley Magazine’
Thanks to “Merrimack Valley Magazine” for the kind words about “Mill Power” in a review in the new March/April 2015 issue. Here’s the link for the “Mill Power” review And here’s the link for the MVM site and several articles and features that are online. Please look for and buy…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 8, 2015
Jack’s Corner at the Pollard Library Yesterday afternoon at 3pm about 40 people gathered on the first floor of the Pollard Memorial Library to dedicate “Jack’s Corner.” David Amram, who first met Kerouac in 1956 in New York City, said that Kerouac knew more about more things than anyone Amram…
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Lowell Sun, Feb. 3, 1945, Page 1
Doing winter cleaning last week at our house, we found some old newspapers, which are always a fascinating window on the past. In this case, hostilities in Europe during World War II were reaching a climax. One can imagine what it was like in the city reading the reports on…
Read More »City of Lowell Census arrives: Important!
An envelope from the City of Lowell was waiting in my mailbox today. On the outside, it says PLEASE OPEN IMMEDIATELY RETURN BY MARCH 9, 2015 The enclosed form is pretty simple. You just have to make corrections to the names, gender, date of birth and occupation of members of…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 1, 2015
Welcome to March Well March is finally here. I saw somewhere that March 1st signals the start of “meteorological spring” but today’s forecast is for more snow which will just add to the beauty of the 111+ inches that have already fallen this winter. The City Council, at its Tuesday…
Read More »Civic Stirrings in the City
I’m encouraged by the evidence of civic activism around different interests in Lowell. Almost overnight, a group emerged with shared interest in the upcoming design changes around the Lord Overpass and Thorndike-Dutton corridor. For a while now there’s been a coalition of folks who care about bike-riding and how the…
Read More »‘Hibiscus Lane’
It is still freakin’ cold out there, so I’m posting another Caribbean composition from the vault.—PM . Hibiscus Lane 1. One nimble gecko scaling a mosquito net remains the only lizard we’ve seen in a week on the island whose old name, Hewanorra, means “where the iguana is found.” Purple…
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