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The news that Curt Schilling’s Rhode Island based computer gaming company defaulted on a payment on its loan and quite possibly has squandered $75 million of borrowed money that the taxpayers of the Ocean State guaranteed is unsurprising. Twenty-two months ago in this blog post (reproduced below in its entirety…
Read More »The weather forecast for this weekend is superb, so please join us for one of our free walking tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. The tours begin on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 1 pm and on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10 am, both from the Lawrence Street Gate. The…
Read More »The Globe today reports on the Boston Police Department’s strategy of (1) greatly increasing the number of officers walking neighborhood beats in the city; and (2) how the department is employing Twitter in conjunction with those officers on foot. For now, individual officers do not have Twitter “handles”, but supervisors…
Read More »In her opinion column today, NYTimes writer Maureen Dowd notes that social-justice advocate Rev Seamus Finn, OMI, who grew up in Lowell, was one of the few shareholders to challenge JP Morgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon about the bank’s recent huge financial blunder. Rev Finn asked if this episode was evidence that banks…
Read More »With President Obama’s historic declaration that he now favors same sex marriage, it’s good to remember that this all began here in Massachusetts nearly ten years ago with the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Goodridge v Department of Public Health in November 2003. Up until that time, I was of…
Read More »Gráinne Murphy and Kathleen Boyle, both members of the critically acclaimed Celtic band, Cherish the Ladies, will perform this Friday, May 11 at 8 p.m. upstairs at The Old Court, 29-31 Central St., in Lowell. Our friends at Howl in Lowell caught up with Ms. Murphy for a Q &…
Read More »May is National Preservation Month! The Lowell community celebrates with the 11th Annual Doors Open Lowell – activities will begin Thursday May 17, 2012 and run through Saturday May 19, 2012. The preservation partners will host an opening reception at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. All events are free and…
Read More »As a spring fund raiser, the Greater Merrimack Valley CVB is holding an online auction this week: The Greater Merrimack Valley CVB is excited to share our newest fundraising success. Starting at noon on Sunday May 6, 2012, you will have the golden opportunity to score fun and unique gifts…
Read More »There a multitude of events this spring in which ordinary people come together to help each other and to help the community. One such event is Lowell Give Back Day which happens this coming Saturday, May 12, 2012. Here’s how its organizers describe Lowell Give Back Day: A community project…
Read More »The number of events, exhibits, activities and gatherings sponored by the Lowell National Historical Park is always interesting and diverse. The Park welcomes the community to join in the festiviities. The latest from our friends at the Lowell National Historical Park: The Artisan Project A Photography Exhibit of Craftsmen and Their…
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