Since I’m not a party member, I’ve been watching the Republican presidential nomination contest as an interested audience member—it has been a show, but one with profound consequences. Hearing the morning radio news about former US Sen Rick Santorum winning three states last night confirmed was I was sensing from…
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Lowell Cemetery, headstone of African American Civil War sailor Walker Lewis “LANDSMAN US NAVY USS RHODE ISLAND MAY 7 1839 APR 18 1901”. Photo by Tony Sampas.
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Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares some thoughts on life, the Patriots and politics Somewhere between my awareness of our light grip on life, my empathy for the Syrian people, and my understanding of our never-ending quest for knowledge (the Great Satchmo had it just right when he said that our…
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I was encouraged by the large crowd that gathered last evening in the City Council chamber to speak against proposed decreases in train service to Lowell and increases in the cost of riding the train. As I said at the public hearing, it is mind boggling to think that in 2012…
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This isn’t sour grapes. I’ve watched some or all of every Super Bowl. Unless you are a fervent Giants fan, you probably agree with me that last night’s game was mediocre. Aside from the 96-yard drive to a TD by Brady and friends and that fantastic sideline catch made by…
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Matthew Reed Baker of Boston Daily/Boston Magazine this week blogged about the prospect of Lowell being the “next great arts hub.”
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I gotta get out more. Get outa Lowell more. Yesterday, I had a reason to be in Boston early with a couple of free hours. Traffic sailed on Route 93 and Storrow Drive this bright cool morning. I parked in the garage across from the Museum of Fine Arts, and…
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Last Fall I wrote a blog post about a series launched by the Springfield Republican that was to chronicle the role of Springfield, Massachusetts in the Civil War and of how the community and environs weathered the difficult years of the War. Springfield native and local historian Wayne Phaneuf – who…
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Jim Peters is a frequent contributor to this site. Here’s another of his essays on local Native Americans. Time, it is often said, passes quickly. It seemed to for Passaconaway, the wise man and Chief of the Pawtucket tribe. Like many rulers, he wanted to make sure that, in his…
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In yesterday’s New York Times Douglas Martin wrote of Lowell-born Roger Boisjoly who died a few weeks ago just before the anniversary of the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. Why link these two events? Remember the O-ring question? An O-ring seal in Challenger’s right solid rocket booster failed at liftoff – a situation that…
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