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AP writer Beth J. Harpaz commented the other day about Mark Bauerlein’s best-selling book “The Dumbest Generation,” which contends “that cyberculture is turning young people into know-nothings… ‘the absence of technology’ confuses kids faced with simple mechanical tasks.” This is a very hot and controversial topic – over two hundred…
Read More »In honor of the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival, Tony Sampas share some photos central to Kerouac’s Lowell. The crucifix shown above is atop the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Franco American School on Pawtucket Street. The below photo of a sculpture with the crucifix tucked into a…
Read More »Late yesterday afternoon I traveled to Middlesex Community College for a presentation on a study on “voter participation demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts” conducted by Professor Marcos Luna and his graduate students in the Department of Geography at Salem State University (the full study is available HERE). Luna was attracted to…
Read More »On September 27 the three candidates forthe Chelmsford Board of selectman introduced themselves to the current committee. All videos originally posted by re007hq Jim Lane Jerry Loew Pat Wojtas
Read More »This guy short this video in Lowell on the first day of the “No Texting” law. Although nothing earth shattering to “see”, he does make some pretty interesting points. This video was originally posted by jeffculter
Read More »Jack Kerouac Literary Festival, Lowell, Mass., Friday, October 1, 2010 9:30 a.m. Poetry and Short Prose Competition, Lowell High School Freshman Academy Theater, 43 French Street(Use John Street Entrance) 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Ongoing Children’s Book Illustrators Program, Brush Art Gallery. Next to LNHP Visitors Center. 246 Market St. Exhibit, receptions,…
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