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This Saturday’s Lowell Walk is Kerouac’s Downtown. Led by Sean Thibodeau and Roger Brunelle, this walk will visit places in downtown Lowell that helped shape Jack Kerouac and that were featured in his many books. The walk begins at 10 am at Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. photo Boston Globe Welcoming summer’s glories with friends in Ogunquit, listening languidly to waves lapping the rock-strewn sandy beach, long walks on the Marginal Way, lobster and steamers – life’s pleasures endure, despite the despicable political environment.…

This is the second batch of those who contributed works to History as It Happens: Community Bloggers in Lowell, Mass. our forthcoming book of community writing by more than 40 contributors to this website over the past ten years. History as It Happens will be released at a book launch…

Lowell-resident Tooch Van, a Cambodian-American and Community Activist, wrote this poem to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Kem Ley. Born in 1970 and educated at universities in Thailand and Malaysia, Dr. Ley became a political activist and vocal critic of the government of Prime Minister Hun…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A wonderful reunion was held Thursday, a celebration of the 20-year history of John and Diddy Cullinane’s stewardship of Black & White Boston Coming Together.  They have published a book commemorating the contribution of that organization and of…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog.   Kirby Perkins was a Channel 5 reporter with a breadth of interests who especially loved politics and sports. The station’s “High Five” series of profiles has long celebrated high school athletes. But Kirby thought that academic performance…