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Jim Peters is a regular contributor to this site who has written several times about Native Americans and Lowell. Here’s today’s installment: Lowell has a strong history of colonization by many groups over the years. We take it for granted that Lowell will absorb a new culture every forty years…
Read More »Reflections in the Merrimack Canal by Tony Sampas
Read More »Thanks to www.billerica.org for the election results: Selectman ( Two Winners) David A Gagliardi – 1997 Robert B Accomando (incumbent) – 1790 Paul Marasco (incumbent) – 1656 Shawsheen Tech School Committee (One Winner) Jamie Haroutunian – 1341 Paula McShane Lambert – 1413 Planning Board( Two Winners) Marti Mahoney (Incumbent) –…
Read More »From Tewksbury Patch: Selectmen (1) Doug Sears (I) – 1835 Jim Biewener – 1510 Ed Sullivan – 1113 Town Clerk (1) Mary-Ann Nichols (I) – 1632 Denise Graffeo – 2085 Han Bernier – 821 Board of Health (1) Kathleen Brothers – 1794 Charles Roux – 2373
Read More »Here’s the video of my March 27, 2011 talk on “Lowell in the Civil War” that was sponsored by the Lowell Historical Society. I discuss how men from Lowell played a critical part in the opening month of the American Civil War. Thanks to the Lowell National Park’s Phil Lupsiewicz…
Read More »The April/May edition of North Shore Magazine has a nice profile of Lowell with frequent quotes from our blog co-author Paul Marion. Check out the story HERE.
Read More »The Friends of Pollard Memorial Library will hold it’s annual book sale on Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Lowell Senior Center, 276 Broadway, Lowell. The Friends are accepting donations of books for the sale on Saturday April 2 (tomorrow) and on Saturday May…
Read More »Another excerpt from “The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell Massachusetts”, written by George F. Kenngott in 1912 (p.29). Shortly after the close of the Civil War, the French-Canadians came in ever increasing numbers, induced by the demand for labor which the growth of manufactures created, and…
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