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Over on the Pollard Memorial Library blog, Sean Thibodeau invites those library users – like me – who search, research and reserve books using the fairly new Evergreen system to take a survey. The regional library consortium – Merrimack Vallery Libray Consortium (MVLC) – seven months ago switched over to…
Read More »Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grant Awardees from a past Philanthropy Day Last night the Greater Lowell Community Foundation presented its annual “Celebrate Giving” evening – an event held since 1998 – first as a daytime event of workshops and lunch now as an early evening event more accessible to people…
Read More »St. Francis Xavier, S.J. (1506-1552) With all the Lowell connections, it’s important to note that today December 3 is the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier. Francis Xavier was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary, born in Navarre – one of the seven founders of the Society of Jesus along with teacher and…
Read More »Mass Moments remind us that on this day December 2, 1867, the iconic author Charles Dickens began his Second American tour heer in Massachusetts – opening in Boston and reading at Tremont Temple. Not in the best of health, Dickens arrived a few weeks early and spent some time recuperating…
Read More »In a article in today’s Eagle tribune writer Alex Bloom – who has been closely following the actvities around a takeover of the Lawrence schools by the Commonweath – tells us that January 1, 2012 is the date when the schools will be under the control and direction of a…
Read More »The Eagle Tribune is reporting that Massachusetts Education Commissioner Chester has recommended receivership for the Lawrence public schools. WBUR public radio is reporting that the Massachusetts Board of Education has just voted to place the system into receivership. More information to come.
Read More »This is one of a series of cross-posts from the Lowell Historical Society blog site. The Society has a treasure of resources for the researcher and the curious! Posted on November 29, 2011 by Marie FROM THE LOWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY TREASURE TROVE! From the Lowell Historical Society Collection: Bust of Benjamin…
Read More »While State Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education have invited Lawrence residents to a hearing to give their thoughts on a possible state takeover of city’s schools, many think that the “takeover” is already a done deal. The hearing is scheduled for this evening in Malden.…
Read More »Celebrate Giving! with Greater Lowell Community Foundation Please join us for an evening dedicated to philanthropy in our community. UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center 50 Warren Street Lowell, Massachusetts Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. COCKTAIL RECEPTION 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. PROGRAM 6:30 p.m. …
Read More »The City of Lawrence continues to struggle with leadership issues. In today’s Eagle-Tribune, Mark Vogler writes of Mayor William Lantigua’s letter to Mitchell Chester, the state’s elementary and secondary education commissioner, requesting the “appointment of a Receiver, pursuant to all applicable laws within the Commissioner’s authority to assist Lawrence Public…
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