Menu
The grand opening of the Health & Social Sciences Building at the corner of Broadway and Wilder streets, South Campus will take place on Thursday, April 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “The $40 million, 69,000-square-foot Health & Social Sciences Building will be home to three of the University’s…
Read More »A recurring theme in the books of the late, great military historian John Keegan was that some spots in the world are so strategically important that these same places become the sites of important battles over and over again. For instance, the battles of Agincourt (1415); Waterloo (1815) and the…
Read More »Among the many people from Greater Lowell who were severely injured in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing were Lowell High School senior Sydney Corcoran and her mother Celeste Corcoran. Family friends have created a site on GoFundMe.com on which people may contribute to a fund that will be used for the…
Read More »Jim Peters sent the following in response to today’s tragedy in Boston: I spent four hours today wondering where my brother was, whether I still had one, and all of those things that go through your head when he is running his 24th. BAA Marathon in three hours and thirteen…
Read More »The comedian Jonathan Winters died on April 11, 2013. Here’s a short video of some of his most memorable skits, courtesy of the New York Times. [youtube]wjpyztgCq8w[/youtube]
Read More »With each passing day the Cold War seems to slip further into historical obscurity which makes exhibits like the one that just opened at the John F. Kennedy Library, “To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis“, all the more important. When I saw a review of the exhibit…
Read More »Happy New Year to all of our Cambodian friends and neighbors here in Lowell. There was a great celebration yesterday at Clemente Field that featured music, food and games. Shown above is a team of women playing Angkunh, which I understand to be a traditional New Year’s Game. Two teams,…
Read More »In case you missed it, Tuesday’s Globe had a story on the renovations underway on Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street in Lowell. As you head down Jackson Street from Central, Mill No. 5 is on the left, a block beyond the Early Parking Garage. I recently had a quick…
Read More »Tonight I’ll be at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut at 6:30 pm to talk about Legendary Locals of Lowell. Everyone is invited.
Read More »UMass Lowell continued to cement its reputation as a center of political activity in Massachusetts last evening with a debate between US Senate candidates Steve Lynch and Ed Markey at Durgin Hall (the three Republican candidates had been invited but chose not to participate). While the debate was not broadcast…
Read More »