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Middlesex Village WWII Monument
Tony Sampas visits Hadley Field at the corner of Baldwin and Middlesex Streets to photograph the Middlesex Village World War Two monument.
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Extending the vote to 17 year olds
I’m pleased that City Councilor Patrick Murphy’s motion to extend the vote in municipal elections passed last night. Hopefully our legislators will guide the resulting bill through the home rule process on Beacon Hill until it becomes law. To let it languish there would just fuel the same type of…
Read More »“Maya Lin: A strong clear vision” by Lowell Film Collaborative
Tonight I joined forty others at the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union headquarters at 1 Tremont Place for the screening of the Academy Award winning documentary, “Maya Lin: A strong clear vision” by the Lowell Film Collaborative in cooperation with the Arts League of Lowell in honor of Veterans Day. Suzz…
Read More »Michalopoulos Square
MICHALOPOULOS SQUARE, Corner of Suffolk and Market Streets: “Private Athanasios C. Michalopoulos Born 1895 Killed in Action France July 1918 He Gave His Life To Preserve Liberty and Freedom” Two of our contributors, Tony Sampas and Eileen Loucraft unintentionally but serendipitously collaborate today to help us remember Private Athanasios C.…
Read More »“A Cemetery Walk” by Steve O’Connor
Writer and blog reader Steve O’Connor shares with us an essay for Veterans Day that was originally written for the UML Sunrise program: My daughter plays softball for the Lowell Mariners in the Oliveira League. Her home field is Ventura, tucked in the corner of Lowell at the back of…
Read More »Suburban Pioneer – a new blog in town?
A friend sent a link to “Suburban Pioneer: Musings on Life in the Merrimack Valley”, a blog that seems to have been around for a while but which had thus far escaped my attention. I’m not sure who writes it, but it seems to be centered in the Lawrence-area with…
Read More »Dean Baker’s prescription for the American economy
Economist and writer Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the author of the well-known blog, Beat the Press, spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center today as part of the Parker Lecture Series. Baker’s topic was “The Housing Crash Recession” and…
Read More »Tribute of a Grateful Neighborhood
Tony Sampas turns his camera to some monuments to veterans in Lowell
Read More »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…
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