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While searching the web last week for information about this past Saturday’s town election in Billerica, I found a hyperlocal blog covering the town called “Can’t get there from here”. It’s written by Jeff Parenti, a civil engineer who works in Cambridge and lives in Billerica where he serves as…
Read More »Middlesex Community College’s Pat Cook ran the Boston Marathon in yesterday’s near record-breaking heat. Pat shares a narrative of his experience on the race route with plenty of pictures on his aptly named “Wicked Good Blog”. Be sure to check it out and if you bump into Pat, Barry Scanlon…
Read More »The towns of Tewksbury and Billerica held their municipal elections today. Here are some of the results from Tewksbury Patch: In Tewksbury, incumbent selectmen David Gay (2600 votes) and Scott Wilson (2195) were reelected, defeating challengers Ken Miano (1572) and Robert Marcin (1155). On the Board of Health, incumbent Edward…
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Read More »Another of a series of articles I’m writing about Lowell in the years and days leading up to the start of the American Civil War is now online on Howl in Lowell. This article examines the city’s small but influential African-American community and the role Lowell played in the Underground…
Read More »When I hear the term “experiential learning” I sometimes suspect it’s another piece of educational jargon but yesterday at the UMass Lowell Tsongas Center I saw first hand the value of such a method of instruction. The Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union held a “Money Strong” fair for more than 200…
Read More »Tonight I attended an excellent program at the Tsongas Industrial History Center on The Lowell Textile Strike of 1912. The program was jointly organized by the TIHC, the Lowell National Historical Park, UMass Lowell, The American Textile History Museum, the Revolving Museum and the Bread & Roses Centennial Committee. The…
Read More »Here’s the latest meeting notice from the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group: East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting Monday, April 30th – 7:00-8:30 pm at the Pawtucketville Social Club, 123 University Avenue “We are making extraordinary progress. Come and help us keep up the momentum.” What we have accomplished: • We are…
Read More »When studying history, some years seem more interesting than others. As comedian Robin Williams famously said, “If you remember the 1970s, you weren’t there.” One year deserving of additional scrutiny may be 1912. Just in the month of April you had the sinking of the Titanic and the opening of…
Read More »For more than a century, historians have used 618,000 as the approximate number of men who died in the American Civil War. That number, it turns out, may have significantly underestimated the number of casualties. As reported in the Science section of last Tuesday’s New York Times, a demographic historian…
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