September 10, 2011 - Richard Howe

“9/11”

September 10, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Current Events, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

9/11 . In their Catholic high school, John one day sat down for lunch next to a quiet kid who needed a big friend, and the quiet kid grew up to be a teacher and never forgot what it meant to have that new friend—he told people about his friend John, the…

Today’s 9/11 Remembrance in Shanksville, PA: Flight 93

September 10, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Comment

The NYTimes reported on today’s remembrance ceremony for Flight 93, which crashed in a field after passengers fought the hijackers for control of the plane. Read the article by Katharine Q. Seelye, and get the NYT if you want more. The passenger rebellion, he said, “is the most important battle…

Sustainability Snapshots for Lowell: Deadline Sept. 15

September 10, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Note the Sept. 15 deadline for submission of photographs for the Sustainability Snapshots project of the City of Lowell’s Dept. of Planning and Development. Here are the details. What do you want to pass on to future generations? Share your vision of Lowell. Contest Overview Nearly ten years ago, the…

Mass Moments: Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers Died on September 10, 1960

September 10, 2011 by Marie Posted in Politics, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

After serving for 35 years as a Member of Congress representing the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District, Edith Nourse Rogers died on this day September 10, 1960 – in the midst of her nineteenth Congressional campaign, three days before the primary. Mrs. Rogers – at the urging of his supporters –…

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