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Tribute of a Grateful Neighborhood
Tony Sampas turns his camera to some monuments to veterans in Lowell
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Presidential Preference Poll
Even though the Caller ID said “Unknown Caller” the other night, I still picked up the phone and was greeted by an automated survey, purportedly conducted by “the College Republicans.” It began simply: who would you vote for if the 2012 presidential election were held today? Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee…
Read More »Letters from France, December 1917
Today’s installment of our World War One remembrance (thanks to the efforts of Eileen Loucraft) is a summary of a letter from Edward Nelson to his parents that he wrote while in France in December 1917 which is before the American forces were fully engaged in combat. Corporal Edward Nelson…
Read More »The Great White City
This past summer during a vacation in Chicago I visited the Museum of Science of Industry which was fascinating in its own right but it was also on my things-to-see list because it is the one surviving building from the 1893 World Columbian Exposition (shown above). That world’s fair brought…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle finds Lowell connections in Portland
Nancye Tuttle visited Portland, Maine this weekend and wrote a couple of blog posts that should be of interest to our readers. Nancye writes of her visit to the Portland Museum of Art to see a photography exhibit that reminded her of the work of Lowell photographer Joe Quinlan who…
Read More »The Lowell Sun and the Fifth Congressional District
While many supporters of Niki Tsongas were upset about the Lowell Sun’s endorsement of Jon Golnik, some community leaders – men and women who think more about the strategic needs of the region than they do politics – were appalled. For at least a century, Lowell has been the epicenter…
Read More »Lincoln elected president
On November 6, 1860, voters across America went to the polls and elected Abraham Lincoln president which set the stage for the American Civil War. Here are the results of the election: Abraham Lincoln (Republican) received 180 electoral votes and 1,865,908 popular votes John C Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) received 72…
Read More »Tsongas and seven mayors of Lowell
As the just completed election drew near, seven recent mayors of Lowell gathered in front of City Hall to take an endorsement photo with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. The photo appeared in a brochure that was distributed to many but not all homes. In case you missed it, here’s another view.…
Read More »“War and Remembrance” by Edward Linenthal
A friend who is enrolled in the Public History graduate program at UMass Boston recently shared the following information about an upcoming lecture that might be of interest to some of our readers. Here’s the information: On this special day of remembrance [Pearl Harbor Day], Dr. Edward T. Linenthal of…
Read More »The modest impact of cheap money
The incredibly interest rates available these days seem to be benefiting some homeowners. The number of mortgages recorded at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds during October 2010 was 37% percent higher than the number recorded in October 2009 (1508 vs. 1101). This refinancing surge disproportionately is benefiting homeowners in…
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