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Here’s the schedule of activities for the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival, which starts on Thursday, Oct. 6, and runs through the Columbus Day holiday on Oct. 10. Note that on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 5 pm, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception to officially open the new permanent exhibit…
Read More »More than fifty people gathered at the Pollard Memorial Library last evening to listen to Chaim “Mike” Rosenberg speak about his biography of Francis Cabot Lowell, the man for whom our city is named. Rosenberg contends that Lowell grew up in a wealthy family as a frivolous youth not in…
Read More »I’ve got to admit, I love these videos produced by the Robotics Lab at UMass Lowell. Below you’ll see applications designed and programmed by students for use with the Microsoft Surface. This video was originally posted by UMLRobotics
Read More »Fifty Nine years ago today Brockton’s own Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in what many fight aficionados call the greatest knockout in history. The twenty eight year old Marciano was a heavy underdog when he entered the ring that night against the more experienced Walcott. After thirteen rounds…
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