Author Archive

Butler Saves the Union

As part of my ongoing Virtual Lowell Walks series, I have created three videos on Civil War Lowell. The first, called Lords of the Loom, covers the conflict in Lowell between the city’s cotton-based economy and a strong movement to abolish slavery.  The second episode, The Minutemen of 1861, tells…

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Simple Pleasures by Linda Hoffman

The following by Linda Hoffman was originally posted on her own blog, Welcome to Apples, Art, and Spirit!, and is reposted here with Linda’s permission. Simple Pleasures By Linda Hoffman “I nurture simplicity among the gardens and fields” —Chinese farmer and poet, T’ao Chien, 365-427 C.E. These days, many of…

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A Review of New Steve O’Connor Novel

This is No Time To Quit Drinking A novel by Stephen O’Connor A review by Jerry Bisantz. Along with Ann Garvin, Jerry is Artistic Director of Lowell’s Image Theater. A published playwright, he is the author of “Boys at Play”, “Romance 101” and “Memories For Sale” I’ll never forget my…

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Steve O’Connor: A New Story

Austen Mania Stephen O’Connor Originally a Lowell Sunrise essay for the one-time UMass Lowell morning news and public affairs program at WUML-FM. The author would add that in rereading it he remembered the kindness of the late Christine Dunlap, a lovely woman, who encouraged him to write for Lowell Sunrise.…

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Fred Notes: April 20, 2020

Fred Notes is a recurring column by Fred Faust Heartache, Cope and Hope By Fred Faust These are the thoughts, experiences and hopes of three members of the Greater Lowell community in confronting the impacts of the corona virus. On the Front Lines Dr. Arthur “Chip” Gonsalves is on the…

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Ladd & Whitney Monument

Yesterday was the anniversary of the deaths of Luther Ladd and Addison Whitney, two young mill workers from Lowell who died in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, while serving with the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. (See yesterday’s post for the story of the Baltimore Riot). The Commonwealth of Massachusetts…

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Lowell in AT&T commercial

A Virginia resident watching an AT&T Commercial spotted a Lowell landmark in the video and sent me a link. The advertisement is for AT&T FirstNet, an emergency communications network. The above screenshot is of the Covid-19 drive thru testing site at Cross Point which appears in the background. Check out…

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