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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Our friends in Paris are safe: “shocked, sad, anxious, but safe.” But also angry, en colère. A lot of their children’s friends and school mates were injured; a university friend, 21 years old, is dead. Here at home,…
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This coming Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 10 am at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, will be the official launch of my new book, “Lowell: Images of Modern America.” The book uses nearly 200 color photos to tell the story of Lowell from 1950 to the present…
Read More »My view from the visitor’s gallery/EM Kennedy Institute for the US Senate A few thoughts about Marty Meehan’s rise from a Lowell neighborhood kid to becoming President of the University of Massachusetts… I’ve known Marty since he was fifteen years old … while we haven’t always run in the…
Read More »Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court judge struck down two anti-panhandling ordinances enacted by the city of Worcester. The two ordinances sought to ban “aggressive panhandling” and “panhandling from traffic islands”. The ostensible reason for both ordinances was to protect public safety but the record (mostly minutes of Worcester…
Read More »This entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tom Brady, who can execute with finesse virtually any move a quarterback could dream of, apparently can’t make the most basic of all moves, standing up and taking a position against domestic abuse. Asked in his weekly…
Read More »“All Hallows Eve” has always been an interesting time for me because of its roots in Irish myth, mystery and history and it’s the eve of my birthday! Of late, the celebration of Halloween has seemed as much a time for adult activity, parties and “fancy dress” as it is for…
Read More »The Lantern Tour of Lowell Cemetery scheduled for tomorrow evening to benefit the Brush Gallery, has been postponed due to the forecast of heavy rain and high wind. The tour will be rescheduled in the spring 2016.
Read More »Tonight at 7 pm, Middlesex Community College will hold a free screening of “The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor,” a documentary on one of the most well-known survivors of the Cambodian genocide, Dr. Haing Ngor, the principal character in the Academy Award winning film, The Killing Fields. The…
Read More »This week good friend Paul Sweeney attended the Massachusetts State Senate’s Citizens Legislative Seminar. He reports that it was a great experience and was kind enough to compose a report about it which he shares with us here: I recently attended the 75th class of the Citizens Legislative Seminar. You…
Read More »The Office of Veterans Services will hold its Fifth Annual Legacy Ball on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6 pm at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center. Tickets are $75 ($40 for student veterans) and they can be purchased online. The full name of the event is Legacy Ball…
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