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Poet Tom Sexton has a new book due next March: “I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets.” The publisher is University of Alaska Press. Watch for Tom to be in the area next spring for a reading or two.
Read More »Bob Gagnon, chair of the Lowell Flood Owners Group in Pawtucketville, wrote a letter to the SUN that was published yesterday. In it he included the address to which people with comments about the proposed “bladder dam” at Pawtucket Falls can send letters: Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, 100…
Read More »Earlier this week I traveled to the Massachusetts State Archives to assist an acquaintance from the West Coast in his Civil War research. The Archives is located at Columbia Point in Boston, next to the JFK Library and not far from the UMass Boston Campus. While I’d been there before,…
Read More »Lowell – the Mill Town of the 1940’s – is the star of Tracy Winn’s collection of short stories – Mrs. Somebody Somebody. The trials and tribulations of an assortment of characters from many of Lowell neighborhoods have lives that interconnect and thus tell us a story. As noted in Booklist: Over time, through the…
Read More »There is a long boxing tradtion in Lowell. From the Silver Mittens training and bouts back at the Immaculate Conception CYO and later the Boys Club to the local, regional and national Golden Gloves bouts and tournaments and onward to the professional boxing scene, Lowell has done it all. With…
Read More »Thanks to Dick for the additional background on the Abraham Lincoln Monument. His post includes a photo of the “Before” condition of the monument. We’ll have photos of the “After” condition following the unveiling of the restored monument today at 11 a.m. The rain is light, so join us for…
Read More »In the preceding post, Paul provides the background and schedule for tomorrow’s rededication of Lowell’s Lincoln Monument (which I’m planning to attend). Part of the importance and charm of this monument is that it was financed (partially, at least) by contributions from the school children of Lowell in 1909. The…
Read More »Let’s hope the rain holds off tomorrow morning so we can enjoy the rededication of the Abraham Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Square under the sun and not a tent. It’s on rain or shine. This is one of those feel-good small community projects that make a difference as they add…
Read More »Concerning Marjorie’s latest post, here’s what Paul Tsongas wrote about energy in “The Road From Here: Liberalism and Realities in the 1980s,” published in 1981: “Oil is a finite, diminishing resource. These six words tell us almost everything. The preservation of America and the world requires that the facts be…
Read More »Last week I saw and spoke to Jerry Beck on the sidewalk outside his home at the corner of Shattuck and Middle streets. I hadn’t seen Jerry for a while. He said he and his family are staying downtown and that he plans to open a gallery in the former…
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