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Thursday March 13, 2013 at 7:00 PM Federal Building – Middlesex Community College, 50 Kearney Square, Lowell The main speaker at this year’s forum on the history of the Irish in the Acre will be Brian Mitchell, the author of “The Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, 1821–1861” and other…
Read More »Returning home yesterday I found Ivy guarding the eight boxes of books that had been delivered by Fedex earlier in the day. Legendary Locals of Lowell has arrived! The first formal event will be next Monday, March 18, at 7pm at the Pollard Memorial Library. A representative of Arcadia Publishing…
Read More »Reminders are all around us! It’s that time… to “spring forward.” The annual leap to Daylight Saving Time happens officially at 2am tomorrow – Sunday March 10, 2013. What does it mean? Who instigated this whole time change thing? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Do we…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day March 7, 1876, Scotland-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a device that could transmit human speech over a wire – the telephone. Bell’s patents and the success of the Bell Telephone Company, which he established in 1877, made the young…
Read More »The aftermath of the Tewksbury Cartidge Company Explosion, 1903 The Tewksbury Historical Society is holding its annual New Members Meeting today – Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 1:00pm at the Tewksbury Library at 300 Chandler Street. The event is open to the general public and will feature Kim Zunino as…
Read More »Columnist Charles M. Blow in today’s NYTimes has it right when he points out how dishonest U.S. Rep. John Boehner’s comments are when talking about taxes and President Obama. In collaboration with the Congress, Republicans and Democrats, the President approved tax cuts for 82 percent of taxpayers at the end…
Read More »The Boston papers today carry stories of the sudden death of William A. McDermott Jr., a 67-year old attorney from South Boston who has long been recognized as one of the state’s election law experts. McDermott died Wednesday night when he was struck by a car after leaving his South…
Read More »Church of the Immaculate Conception . Because the massive side door is slightly ajar at 6 a.m., I decide to pay a visit, to inhabit my past. Inside it could be night. Old women kneeling. Perfume thick as mist. To my surprise the man with the purple-red stain on half…
Read More »Here’s the final installment of the index of Legendary Locals of Lowell. The book will be out in less than two weeks. For more information about the book, where to purchase it, and readings/book signings that have already been scheduled, check out our Legendary Locals of Lowell page. Sweeney, Joseph,…
Read More »Thank you to all the writers and publishers who turned out for the winter roundup at The Old Court yesterday. We didn’t draw as large a crowd as last year and sales were considerably lower, but as a small convention of people in the word trade the event was a…
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