What promises to be an important community conversation gathered steam last evening when more than 50 people gathered at Jack and Terry O’Connor’s big white house at the peak of Mansur Street in Belvidere to share views and ideas about how best to tell people in, around, and outside of Lowell that the city has…
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Sitting in my backyard in the sun late this morning, I heard church bells and was reminded of days like this when I was in my carefree 20s, working irregular hours, and enjoying the good weather when we had it. On a day like today I could grab a book and read under…
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Following is an excerpt from the chapter “Telling the Story” in my forthcoming book Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), which is set for release this fall. I’m sharing this in the spirit of opening night, last night, of the Lowell Summer…
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The following is excerpted from a notebook in which I wrote about the first Iraq War or Gulf War. With talk of a third Iraq War, I went back to look and decided to share these fragments from 23 years ago.—PM Gulf War Notebook (1991) Feb. 15. Iraq’s Revolutionary Command…
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This is a re-post from July 2010 when a heat wave was baking the city. I came across this piece while looking for something else and thought I’d share on this day of heavy rain, which is nurturing the green grass but making for a damp season. Also, a pretty…
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I have a message for President Obama and the Democratic National Committee: Nationalize the 2014 Congressional elections coming in November by giving American voters a simple choice. Start by stealing a Republican idea, Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, which was announced six weeks before the 1994 mid-term election and is…
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For info contact Donna White at donnawhite@glmt.org or 978-319-8867 GLMT announces summer shows LOWELL, Mass. – The Greater Lowell Music Theatre, in partnership with the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, is pleased to present its 2014 summer season of musicals. All shows are performed in Durgin Concert Hall, located on…
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On Saturday, April 18, 1998, about 100 people attended a “town meeting” called “What Does the Internet Mean for Lowell?” at the O’Leary Library of UMass Lowell. The gathering was sponsored by the UMass Lowell Psychology Dept. Community Outreach Laboratory, Flowering City Steering Committee, New England Foundation for the Arts…
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NYTimes opinion-writer David Brooks speaks out on the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl issue. Read what he has to say here, and get the NYT if you want more of this kind of writing. David Brooks (web photo courtesy of NYTimes)
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This past Friday, I had a very good experience dealing with the City of Lowell Solid Waste & Recycling Office. For some reason, the recycle containers on my short street were not picked up on Thursday (having been bumped a day due to the holiday). When I went home for…
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