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Two years ago I wrote a post about a deadly fire at Providence College back in 1977. The post has now acquired 22 comments, two just today. I’ve reposted my story and the comments here in memory of the ten students who perished 34 years ago tonight. Early in the…
Read More »Cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog site: Posted on December 11, 2012 by Marie After years of wrangling among the town fathers, the Historic Commission and the former owner, the remains of the famous Ames Castle atop a hill in Tewksbury – known now as Catamount Road – are…
Read More »Following is one writer’s highlights in cultural experiences in Lowell and the Merrimack Valley this past year. These are events I attended, so this list is not an attempt to rate the best in the arts and culture for 2012. That’s for another post. Send in your favorite and unforgettable moments,…
Read More »In the same year that UMass Lowell and the National Park Service celebrated Charles Dickens’s famous visit to Lowell in 1842, the University hosted the author who is arguably the Dickens of our time when it comes to readership and popular interest—that would be Stephen King, the guy who grew…
Read More »Today is Pear Harbor Remembrance Day. At 11 am, the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will hold its annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. In recognition of Pearl Harbor Day, Tom O’Brien shared the following information about his late uncle,…
Read More »Last night the Pollard Memorial Library Board of Trustees and the PML Foundation hosted a reception to celebrate the official unveiling of a number of restored works of art long owned by the library. Perhaps the centerpiece of the restoration effort was the painting “Venezia” by Lowell-native David Neal (1838-1915)…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along the following: One of my favorite stories is one involving the President of the United States. Not this President, but President Jimmy Carter. It turns out that I was mentioned by the president one night in a conversation he had with my brother-in-law, then…
Read More »Spin the time machine and what comes up spurs recollections. Here’s an excerpt from the Fall 1978 issue of “Millstream,” the newsletter of the Lowell Museum, which operated out of the Wannalancit Mills complex on Suffolk Street in the 1970s. My co-blogger Marie Sweeney was president of the Lowell Museum…
Read More »“Concord & Merrimack Confluence” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »from “Society Notes” in the April 1930 issue of Lowell High School’s magazine called “Review”: “March 25th was a big day for Virginia Lord. She celebrated her eighteenth birthday with a dinner and dance party at the Nashua Country Club. The party was attended by ten couples who left Lowell…
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