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UMass Lowell’s Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture is sponsoring a Teach-In on the “Crisis in Syria” and the public is invited. SYRIAN CRISIS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Teach-In at UMass Lowell Tuesday, October 1 2:00 – 3:15pm O’Leary Library 222 Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Welcome …
Read More »In this space I wrote about a political house party the other day. Another building block of the local campaign is “the time,” a term with aromatic political roots that is not used as much in Lowell these days, but is familiar to politicos in places like South Boston and…
Read More »In our democracy one of the revered institutions is the New England town meeting, the equivalent of a political common where voters gather to make decisions together under the one person-one vote rule. In the state houses, city and town halls, and our national congress representatives who are elected by…
Read More »There was an interesting juxtaposition of stories on the pages of the Boston Globe this morning. On the front page was the news that Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, former president of Harvard, and former chief economic adviser to President Obama, had withdrawn his name…
Read More »The sign says “Hamilton Canal Wasteway” and boy, is it aptly named. I was wandering around downtown Lowell with my camera late yesterday preparing for an upcoming tour I’m leading for a UMass Lowell class. I circled from the Lower Locks garage through across East Merrimack and Bridge to the…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. I suggest that we accept the following two principles: 1 – Government must regulate and monitor the sale of alcoholic beverages. 2…
Read More »The Lowell Sun (also known as Lowell Publishing Company) finalized the sale of its headquarters at the American Textile History Museum on Dutton Street today by conveying the remaining portion of its premises (Unit 1 a/k/a the “Lowell Sun Unit”) to Manchester Property Group LLC of Shrewsbury for $1,300,000. The…
Read More »Congratulations to City Manager Bernie Lynch, his fiscal team, and the city councilors who have supported them on the recent upgrade of the city of Lowell’s bond rating by Standard and Poor and Moody’s. These ratings agencies recognize and acknowledge, as many of us do, the wisdom of the city’s…
Read More »Professor Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell writes about history and economics with a special interest in older industrial cities like Lawrence, Holyoke, Lowell, and the other so-called Gateway Cities of Massachusetts and the Northeast. He recently published an article about Lawrence that looks closely at the city’s prospects and challenges.…
Read More »UMass Lowell News Release: Sept. 4, 2013 Contacts: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu or Christine Gillette, 978 934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu Boston Mayor Tom Menino to Speak at UMass Lowell: Lunchtime Lecture Series to feature iconic official, health-care, media topics LOWELL, Mass. – The Honorable Thomas Menino – a national champion for cities and…
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