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Rugby in Boston ~ Kerouac in Lowell

September 3, 2012 by Marie Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell, Politics 1 Comment

In the spirit of making those Lowell connections, I note that author and professor Jay Atkinson has penned an interesting article for the Improper Bostonian. Atkinson deftly connects the U.S. version of rugby – as played as a club sport in Boston to “a model for social justice, volunteerism and…

‘The Mills Weren’t Made of Marble’: Labor Day, 1992 (NYT)

September 3, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Here is the lead editorial from the September 7, 1992 edition of the New York Times – A Labor Day piece about the recently opened Boott Cotton Mills Museum: Youngsters who are made to troop through America’s historic landmarks might reasonably conclude that in the past, rich was typical. Ordinary…