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I noticed a query on “Lowell Tweets” today asking about the opening day for the annual CTI/Lowell Farmers’ Market. The good news – according to CTI – the official opening is set for Friday July 9, 2010. UPDATED: The Farmers’ Market will be open from 2:00-6:00pm from July 9th through…
Read More »Earlier this evening I attended the Annual Meeting of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. As an early advocate and a founding member of the Community Foundation along with Dick Donahue, Peter Stamas, Mary Bacigalupo, George Duncan and others – I have a special interest in the Foundation. I’m happy to report that the…
Read More »Read the Globe’s report about the views of the editorial board of Mass. Benchmarks, which tracks the state’s economy. Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell is a member of the board. Click here for Rob Gavin’s article in the Globe, and consider subscribing if you appreciate the writing. And here’s…
Read More »UMass Lowell hockey broadcasts have been over for many weeks, the WUML-FM SUNRISE radio program is long-gone, WLLH’s MORNING MAGAZINE is a memory, and I’m missing the voice of radioman Bob Ellis on the Merrimack Valley airwaves. Bob’s voice is a piece of our modern cultural history in this region,…
Read More »The Merrimack Valley has seen changes or changes are in the works at the top level of many school districts lately – Tewksbury, Dracut, Andover, Lawrence, Haverhill, Greater Lowell Voke, Greater Lawrence Voke and probably more. There are so many that even the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents can’t keep its website…
Read More »There’s still time to register for the Innovative Cities Conference this week at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Speakers will include former White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrion, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, and urban affairs experts and city leaders from Ann Arbor (Mich.), Asheville…
Read More »Last Thursday, the Senate voted 53-47 to block the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 26, which read as follows: “A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the…
Read More »We bought our first Mercury Sable back in the 1990s and now have our fourth and fifth versions of that car sitting in the driveway. The recent news that Ford is putting an end to its 71-year old Mercury line provokes mixed feelings in me: I have some affection for…
Read More »FLAG DAY AND NATIONAL FLAG WEEK, 2010 _____________________ BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag on June 14, 1777, the thirteen stripes alternating red and white, and thirteen white stars in a blue field, represented “a new…
Read More »Across the United States June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day to honor the nation’s flag and reflect on the flag as a symbol of the nation’s ideals. Although Flag Day is a nationwide observance, it is not a nationally recognized legal public holiday. Some history: On June 14, 1777, the Continental…
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