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Alan Khazei has told us today on Twitter, Facebook and through the mainstream media that he is officially “in” the race for the Massachusetts United States Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown. While many others have declined to run including former Congressman Joe Kennedy, former Congressman Marty Meehan, Governor Deval Patrick,…
Read More »The J.C. Ayer lot is the home of a most splendid monument – the Ayer lion. The monument by celebrated sculptor Mr. Price Joy is made of Italian marble. Above it lies in repose amid the spring flowers, plants and trees so beautiful and abundant in the Lowell Cemetery. Here’s a reminder from the…
Read More »Read what the Andover Patch has to say about Andover native Kate Hanson Foster’s new book of poems, which will be released on Sunday, May 22, at 2 pm at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library Auditorium. Kate is a graduate of UMass Lowell as well as the Bennington (Vermont) College Master…
Read More »Many in Lowell know the story of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and its involvement in the Baltimore Riot of April 19, 1861 that cost four soldiers (including Lowell’s Luther Ladd and Addison Whitney) their lives. Few realize that for a week following that incident, Washington DC was at…
Read More »For two years in the early 1980s I was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment as an intelligence officer. The unit’s peacetime mission was to patrol the border between West Germany and Czechoslovakia/East Germany. The patrols were conducted by troops on foot, in vehicles and in helicopters like the…
Read More »We were fortunate to have a full table for the family Easter dinner at home this afternoon. We had ham from Alpine Butcher, small red potatoes, green beans, and pineapple on the side. For dessert there was an apple pie and vanilla ice cream, plus assorted homemade cookies and a…
Read More »What? “A Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments.” Learn about exciting plans for improvements and upgrades that will enhance public access to and visibility of these significant historic locations on both sides of the Merrimack River at the falls. Who? Speakers from City of Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park,…
Read More ». Easter . To get to church you have to cross the river, First breadwinner for the town, its wide Mud-colored currents cleansing forever The swill-making villages at its side. The disinfected voice of the minister For a moment is one of the clues, But he is talking of nothing…
Read More »In the Boston Herald this morning – writer Donna Goodison puts the spotlight on Lowell’s future in the new industrial revolution. The state-of-the-art UMass Lowell Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center – opening in the fall of 2012 – is the focus for the future. Just as its famous mills are a symbol of…
Read More »The Associated Press and boston.com report that a team of UMass Lowell students won one of only six national grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency for a project aimed at improving environmental quality. A team of students at the school has set a goal to develop a new class of non-halogenated flame…
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