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The argument for saving primary materials such as notebooks is strengthened by recent news that an old notebook in the archives of Choate prep school confirms the source for what may be the most famous quotation associated with President John F. Kennedy. Associated Press reporter Michael Melia in a boston.com…
Read More »A scene from Back Central. “Greenwood Bros.” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »In the category of “The More Things Change”—While cleaning in the home office last weekend, I found a batch of old news clippings, including one from the Christian Science Monitor of August 3, 2006. In his first big speech, Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson listed growing income inequality as one…
Read More »Adam Goodheart in the NYTimes wrote about the Fort Monroe designation as a new National Park. Read his article here, and get the NYT if you want more. Fort Monroe, the president said as he prepared to sign the order, “was the site of the first slave ships to land…
Read More »Lowell National Historical Park Supt. Michael Creasey and Asst. Supt. Peter Aucella have both called attention to the President Obama’s announcement of the newest National Park at Fort Monroe in Virginia, which mentions the historic decision by Lowell’s own General Benjamin F. Butler to declare Southern slaves as contraband of war…
Read More »I walked our family’s Boston Terrier in the leftover dark this morning before the sun edged over Wamesit Hill and the far treeline that loosely follows the path of the Concord River. The hem of the sky showed lighter blue, but above the night held. Heading toward Gorham Street I passed the backs of…
Read More »Electrical power service was restored at about 3.30 pm on Highland Street after being out since last Saturday at about 8 p.m. I’m watching the TV news with one eye while writing this, and can see that lots of folks are still in the cold and dark. Jack Harper on…
Read More »In anticipation of “falling back” with the clocks, watches, and digital counters. “Brilliant Night” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »nytimes.com is previewing a profile in the paper’s upcoming Sunday Magazine of author, comic strip artist and teacher Lynda Barry, who spent three days in Lowell this week as the first artist-in-residence of the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas (see earlier post below). Read Dan Kois’s magazine article here, and…
Read More »Advance interest is high for the upcoming Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center on the topic of the 2012 Presidential primaries and caucuses. Seating is limited to 100, but a few spaces are available. UMass Lowell Chancellor Martin T. Meehan will moderate a panel discussion with journalists…
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