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Note to Lowell cultural sector and marketing planners: $50M raised by the ICA in Boston. Add that to the recent expansion in the Boston museum network (MFA, ICA, Gardner) and you get a muscular, world-class attraction in the arts less than one hour away. It was always there, but now…
Read More »The South Common pool yesterday opened for the summer and not a day too early for the heat wave. More than 200 swimmers enjoyed the sparkling cool water. Pool hours are 12 noon to 6 pm. The City staff and lifeguards do a first-rate job on site. I learned that the…
Read More »For someone with such a sunny disposition, it was fitting that summer sunshine this morning graced the dedication ceremony for the Armand W. LeMay Garden at the corner of University and Gershom avenues in Pawtucketville. About 100 people gathered to share in the recognition of one of the most natural…
Read More »If one of the priorities is to get more Lowell and Greater Lowell dollars circulating in Lowell because that will help in various ways, then we may need to make it easier for people in the area to spend their money in the city. I’m thinking about something like an…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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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