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Looking Back to 1968

July 25, 2025 by PaulM Posted in Brian J. Martin, Lowell High School, Lowell, The Beatles, Dracut, Paul Marion, Vietnam War, Space exploration, 1968 18 Comments

Looking Back to 1968 by Paul Marion In late November 1968, my friend Susan April walked three miles in the rain from her home in Dracut, Mass., to buy the new Beatles double album at a Lowell record shop and hitchhiked home when the paper bag from the store began…

Rick Harvey: Street Hockey Memories from Dracut, Mass.

March 8, 2023 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Dracut, street hockey 3 Comments

About a week ago, the Boston Globe published an excellent article about street hockey culture in Massachusetts as influenced by red-hot Bruins’ teams going back to the Orr-Esposito Era. Matt Porter of the Globe wondered if the surging B’s of today will pump up street hockey for this generation of…

Sonic Boom: A Local Aircraft Story (1958)

January 12, 2023 by PaulM Posted in Flight, History, Dracut 1 Comment

Sonic Boom by Paul Marion The plane crashed. The pilot survived. I don’t know if I saw this or was told about it by my parents or remember the incident because I heard others describe it. In my mind I see myself in real time either standing in the…