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Regular contributor Jim Peters shares the following essay: “First Encounter Beach” is well-known to anyone who has traveled to Cape Cod and gotten as far as Orleans or Eastham. It was the strip of land on which the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims attacked one another, with no one killed and…
Read More »“Lucy Larcom Park” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 To see more artwork, visit www.richardmarion.net
Read More »With economist and housing expert Karl “Chip” Case, the popular Lunchtime Lectures at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center starts another season on Monday, Oct. 3, 12 noon to 1.30 pm, at the ICC at 50 Warren St. in downtown Lowell. Case is the co-author of the highly regarded Case-Shiller Index,…
Read More »Aside from the particulars of the policy proposals made by the President last night, I was happy to hear his robust defense of the role played by government at the federal level. Our ideal of a representative democracy composed of 50 states is not 300 million maverick independent contractors trying…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, opinion writer David Brooks signs on to President Obama’s jobs surge plan outlined last night in a pumped-up speech to Congress and his fellow Americans. Brooks writes: There is clearly now a significant risk of a double-dip recession. That would be terrible for America’s workers, fiscal situation…
Read More »The Cummisky Homestead dig, County Tyrone in Ireland taken from the “Lowell Irish” blog site. In today’s Boston Globe correspondent David Rattigan gives us an update on two archaeological digs – one in Lowell, Massachusetts and the other in Country Tyrone, Ireland. The joint project of students and faculty from…
Read More »The iconic Ayer Lion, the Lowell Cemetery resting place of patent medicine millionaire James C Ayer, underwent a major restoration this summer. The lion’s new look (above) is quite different than its former appearance (below) which showed the effects of rain, pollution and the natural aging process. A great opportunity…
Read More »UMass Lowell 9/11 Memorial Rededication Ceremony is on for 11 a.m. today along the Riverwalk on the East Campus behind Leitch Residence Hall, 111 Pawtucket St. Park at UML’s Perkins St. lot at Lawrence Mills complex, across the street from LeLacheur Park. The event is on rain or shine. We have…
Read More »UMass Lowell has many campus activities, ceremonies and remembrances planned this week for the tenth anniversary of September 11th. One of the more important events is a “Forum on the Lessons of September 11th.” When: Friday, Sept. 9, noon to 1:30 p.m. What: “Lessons of Sept. 11” will look at…
Read More »Read SUN reporter Rita Savard’s appreciation of Eleanor McGarry of Tyngsboro, who, among many other dimensions of her life, was a Kerouac admirer who started the annual Kerouac 5K road race in Lowell.
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