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The Merrimack Valley Small Business Center is a program of Community Teamwork, Inc. in collaboration with Middlesex Community College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the City of Lowell – Division of Planning & Development. The mission of the Merrimack Valley Small Business Center is to provide entrepreneurs from ethnically…
Read More »I am a bit ashamed to say that until this week I had never paddled a canoe on the Concord River. Countless times I had driven past the canoe rental place on Main Street in Concord, Mass., the South Bridge Boat House. The weather was good this past Wednesday, so Rosemary…
Read More »If you’ve not already registered to vote – although I suspect most reading this are already registered – today is the deadline if you want to participate in this year’s primary election which will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012. That’s right – the primary is on a Thursday…
Read More »From the United States Post office: The Postal Service will honor America’s oldest commissioned warship, the USS Constitution, with the issuance of 25 million Forever stamps Saturday, Aug. 18. The War of 1812 / USS Constitution stamps also commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The first-day-of-issue ceremony will be…
Read More »The mill cities along the Merrimack River should promote themselves in clusters like the Civil War sites in the South. Why can’t our region become a multi-day destination for visitors the way heritage sites or natural attractions in other parts of the country present themselves? Manchester, New Hampshire, looks good…
Read More »Here is another one to place in the category, “there is a Lowell Connection”. I’m almost through reading a book about Buffalo Bill Cody titled The Colonel and Little Missie written by Larry McCurtry, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Lonesome Dove. In one of the later chapters McCurtry…
Read More »Two years ago – in August 2010 I had successful hip replacement surgery – not in Boston but here in the Merrimack Valley. The surgery, post op recovery, rehab, pt – were all available at Caritas Holy Family in Methuen. After consultation with my surgeon, I chose the HFH option.…
Read More »Last Thursday and again tonight I was in the audience for local musical theater. Last week it was the Lexington Youth Theatre group’s performance of The Wizard of Oz at the Grace Chapel – tonight it was The Greater Lowell Music Threatre performance of The Music Man in Concert. 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, contributes the following column: In this column, I will explain how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can: 1. Reduce property taxes, 2. Increase funding for local educational…
Read More »A reprise: MassMoments reminds us that on this day – July 23, 1846 – Henry David Thoreau after walking from his Walden Pond cabin to do an errand – found himself in the Concord town jail for refusing to pay his back taxes. His was just an over-night stay –…
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