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A couple of weeks ago, Bob and Gay Corey, two of Dracut cable TV’s most prolific producers, joined me at Lowell Cemetery for a special tour. Using footage recorded on that day, the Corey’s have produced a 60-minute video program on the historic cemetery and have agreed to share the…
Read More »Peter Stamas accepting his 1997 Distinguished Democrat Award (also pictured Congressman Marty Meehan, Sam Poulten and Greater Lowell Area Democrats Chair Marie Sweeney) It was a pleasure to participate in the event at the Whistler House joining many others to honor and remember Peter Stamas. What follows are my prepared remarks. Remembering Peter…
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Read More »This is a revised version of a poem of the season from my second full-length collection of poems, “Middle Distance,” published in 1989. The setting is drawn from the view across fields in Dracut, off Mammoth Road looking toward Lakeview Avenue.–PM . Desire Lines . At Runaway Hill, where a horse…
Read More »The cartoon strip Arlo and Janis today observed that with the death of Florence Green back in February at age 110 – she was a member of the Women’s Royal Air Force in World War One and presumed to be the last surviving veteran of that conflict – that this…
Read More »Join us for a celebration of the life and contributions of one of the great humanitarians of modern Lowell: Peter Stamas. Thursday, Nov 15, 7 pm, Parker Gallery, Whistler House Museum of Art, Worthen St, Lowell. The illustration below is by Janet Lambert-Moore, created as a tribute for Peter’s retirement.
Read More »Veterans Day is a time for remembering. In our families there are so many men and women who served the country – in wartime, in the eras of war and in peacetime. In our own extended family the service ranges from the Civil War, the Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Viet…
Read More »Last evening, Lowell Catholic High School held its third Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. The eight new members of the Hall of Fame are pictured above. Seated from left, John J. Miller – Keith Academy ’51; Richard P. Howe Sr. – Keith Academy ’51; Katelyn Gys – Lowell Catholic,…
Read More »Frank Rich, illustration by Gary Bedard (web image courtesy of garybedard.blogspot.com) Read this New York magazine analysis of the election and national political culture by Frank Rich, former columnist at the NYTimes. His acute observations are refreshing compared to the misleading neutrality of so many mainstream media types. To give my Facebook friends…
Read More »This has nothing to do with Lowell, but it’s an amazing video from last week’s rescue of survivors from the HMS Bounty, the tall ship replica of the nineteenth century British warship, which sank off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy. This 11 minute long video was posted…
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