MassMoments reminds us that on this day May 22, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was viciously attacked on the floor of the United States – beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks, a Congressman from South Carolina. The issue – the language used by Sumner in a passionate anti-slavery…
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Photo taken last September, 2012 Returning home from my errands at 2:10pm … I encountered a Lowell Police presence along with many utility and city trucks as a very large branch of the iconic Pow Wow Oak that hung over Clark Road in Lowell has broken off… hard to see…
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The aftermath of the South Lowell (then Tewksbury) Cartidge Company Explosion, 1903. The Lowell Historical Society will hold its annual meeting tonight in the ground level Community Room of the Pollard Memorial Library. The meeting itself begins at 6:30pm with a brief business meeting and election of officers and directors.…
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Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) FYI ~ Due to a scheduling complication – the Annual GLAD Fall Brunch where we also honor Distinguished Democrats has been rescheduled to Sunday morning November 10, 2013 – still at 10am and at Lenzi’s in Dracut. Our Distinguished Dem honoree is former Middlesex DA…
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Another crosspost from Jen Myers’ “Room 50” blog~ please follow the link for more photos and information… Buried Treasure — A Tour of Lowell Cemetery by juicegirl50 She was married and bored. He was interesting. She was enchanted. He was smitten. It was July 1848 and famed poet Edgar Allan Poe was staying…
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This is a cross post photo/blog from “Room 50” about last night’s Excellence Awards for Preservation Cultural Heritage. The presentation was offered by James Ostis of the Lowell Heritage Partnership. http://room50.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/preserving-excellence/ Note: Our fellow blogger Dick Howe was one of the honorees. Fellow blogger Paul Marion – President of the Lowell Heritage…
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Reminder for next GLAD Meeting Tomorrow! SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday May 18, 2013 at 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair For more information: sweeney133@verizon.net AGENDA: The regular agenda…
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Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) Chair Marie Sweeney announced today that former Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone will be honored as the 2013 Distinguished Democrat at the Annual Fall Brunch on Sunday October 27, 2013. Former Middlesex DA Gerry Leone First elected as the Middlesex DA in 2006…
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The hot topic nationally and locally is the issue of sequestration – its reach and fall-out. Many pundits and editorial writers have weighed-in on its perceived realities and the politics swirling around the issue. The Executive Director of Community Teamwork – Karen Frederick and CTI’s Director of Planning – Cheryl…
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