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Natasha Young, a post 9/11 local veteran, is organizing a community service project in Lowell that is worthy of everyone’s attention. On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 9 am, Natasha and a group of volunteers will gather at the Lowell VA Outpatient Clinic at 130 Marshall Road to improve the…
Read More »Yesterday Democrats gathered all over Massachusetts to select delegates to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 3 to 6, 2012. The delegate selections were done at Congressional District caucuses. Each Congressional District elected four male delegates, four female delegates and one alternate. The 3rd…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: Last month I explained why Reaganomics was a dismal failure. Now I will focus on lessons that Clintonomics have to offer. President…
Read More »The “Winged Victory” statue which sits in front of Lowell City Hall, alongside the Ladd and Whitney Monument. The statue was donated to the city in 1867 by James C. Ayer to celebrate the Union victory in the Civil War. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »In one of those coincidences of timing that make history such a fascinating topic, volunteer soldiers from Middlesex County who just days before were farmers and mill workers were the first to be killed by enemy fire in the American Revolution (on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775) and in…
Read More »This past Sunday, a collection of photos taken by Tony Sampas of Lowell Civil War monuments and scenes opened at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in Lowell. Information about the Mogan Center is here and the exhibit may be viewed during the operating hours of…
Read More »151 years ago tomorrow, 214 soldiers from Lowell who just days before were mill workers, lawyers and laborers, were attacked by a pro-Southern mob as they marched through Baltimore on their way to reinforce undefended Washington against an imminent Confederate attack. The northern troops were members of the Sixth Massachusetts…
Read More »A section of the lower Highlands neighborhood of Lowell was recently designated “Cambodia Town” by the city the significance of which is explained as follows on the city of Lowell website: The City of Lowell has designated the Cambodia Town area within the Lower Highlands neighborhood in order to elevate…
Read More »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…
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