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Last night the Pollard Memorial Library Board of Trustees and the PML Foundation hosted a reception to celebrate the official unveiling of a number of restored works of art long owned by the library. Perhaps the centerpiece of the restoration effort was the painting “Venezia” by Lowell-native David Neal (1838-1915)…
Read More »The pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, credited for the revival of interest in jazz in the 1950s and 1960s, died yesterday, a day short of this 92nd birthday. His obituary in today’s New York Times gives a full review of his life and his influence on music. The below video…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along the following: One of my favorite stories is one involving the President of the United States. Not this President, but President Jimmy Carter. It turns out that I was mentioned by the president one night in a conversation he had with my brother-in-law, then…
Read More »I had to go into Boston during the day yesterday and took my preferred means of transport, the MBTA commuter rail from the Gallagher Terminal to North Station. While I’ve made that journey many times, this was the first chance I had to use the new MBTA “m Ticket” cell…
Read More »Lawyers will give their closing arguments today in Suffolk Superior Court in the case of the Commonwealth v Tim Cahill. The former state treasurer is charged with using state funds to run TV ads intended to boost his 2010 campaign for governor. While it may have been wrong to pay…
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Last evening I joined more than 30 others at the LRTA Maintenance Facility conference room at 100 Hale Street to hear the latest thinking from the city’s Planning Department and the various urban planners (Crosby, Schlessinger & Smallridge) and EPA officials who have been working on a master plan for…
Read More »If you’ve ever driven through Worcester while heading west on Rte 290, you may have noticed the two white towers of the city’s train station just to the right of the highway. Union Station was constructed in 1911 and abandoned in 1975. In 2000, however, the city poured $32 million…
Read More »Thanks to Judy Davidson of the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group for sending along the above 2012 Presidential campaign relic photograph which she captured during a downtown walk. (By the way, reader photographs are always welcome so please send them along). Then early this morning during a neighborhood walk, I noticed…
Read More »New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd visited Lowell High School to speak with students about the importance of financial planning. His visit was sponsored by National Financial Educators Council, Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union and Yahoo, which sent a camera crew to film his visit (it should be on the…
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