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Two nights ago – Tuesday, October 16 – many in Lowell felt the tremors from a 4.5 earthquake the struck in southern Maine. Little damage was done and some, like me, didn’t even feel it. Others described it as having someone working on the roof or having a helicopter flying…
Read More »I’m sure that I’m not the first one to make note of this, but one aspect of this election is fundamentally about style: hip versus square. I don’t think Gov. Romney would quarrel with this characterization. He is comfortable in his own skin. As the weeks wear on, however, and…
Read More »The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” made news coast to coast and around the world this week. Among the media outlets that published articles and reviews or broadcast reports were the Associated Press, Rolling Stone, WBUR and WGBH radio in Boston, the Sun, Howl in Lowell and…
Read More »Videos of speeches by Governor Deval Patrick, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, and Chancellor Marty Meehan at yesterday’s grand opening of the UMass Lowell Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center. [youtube]IskYSIlljTo[/youtube] [youtube]wJDOyP-riFo[/youtube] [youtube]0957A2BvpSo[/youtube]
Read More »A great video from LTC with scenes from Sustainability Week: [youtube]ZG__3Q4xVPA[/youtube]
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society announced that the Edson Cemetery Tour scheduled for this Saturday October 13th has been postponed. Kim Zunino who designed the tour is unable to guide the tour so it will be rescheduled to another weekend. We will post the information here when available.
Read More »Maybe the guy who came up with this six months ago was onto something. Keep it short and simple.
Read More »The Centralville Social Club held its annual “Fallen Heroes” ceremony yesterday to honor all service members from Massachusetts who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After remarks by Master of Ceremonies Joe Dussault, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, State Representative Tom Golden, City Councilor Rita Mercier and Lowell Police…
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, contributes the following column. Governments should be cautious when they spend taxpayer money. Elected leaders would do well to follow the lead of the Supreme Court…
Read More »The biggest surprise to me this fall is the absence of massive youth demonstrations in favor of President Obama or at least in opposition to the trickle-down, “voodoo” economics that is still the favorite approach of the national Republican leaders. I thought for sure after last fall and winter that…
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