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Tomorrow is the groundbreaking for the new Lowell Judicial Center. This seven-story, 250,000 square foot building is expected to cost more than $200 million and take 30 months to build. It will contain 17 courtrooms, the registry of deeds, and other offices related to the judiciary. Governor Charlie Baker will…
Read More »On Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m., Community Teamwork Inc. will unveil the restored and renewed Irish/Acre mural on a CTI building whose back wall faces the Worthen House Cafe on Worthen Street. The Hellenic Culture & Heritage Society will host a reception until 7 p.m. to celebrate artist Leo…
Read More »I know, I’m posting this poem off-season if that matters. We don’t read Frost’s “Stopping by Woods” in December only. Tom Sexton sent me this poem a few months ago, and I neglected to share it with our readers. My bad. So, with the official start of fall close and…
Read More »UMass Lowell’s Center for Irish Partnerships joined with Queen’s University Belfast last week to present an Irish history conference at the Inn & Conference Center. “Remembering 1916” explored two major events of that year—The battle of the Somme in France and Belgium; and the Easter Rising in Dublin—and the impact…
Read More »Next Saturday, September 24, 2016, St. Patrick’s School in Lowell will host a reunion for alumni and friends of the school. The event begins at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church and then after mass, moves to the school (which is at 311 Adams Street) for a wine and cheese…
Read More »This Saturday at the Arts League of Lowell gallery, 307 Market Street (close to the corner of Dutton and Market), meet photographer Paul Richardson and see his outstanding photographs of Lowell buildings and places. The reception is 4 to 6 p.m. Cameo Diner. Olympia Restaurant. Bridge Street downtown. Pawtucket Falls.…
Read More »I waited a long time before writing about 9/11, not because I didn’t want to but because I could not find the right words. I had composed a short, oblique poem called “The Cut” that delved into the way Nature tends to heal itself when it can, the way tree…
Read More »Today is primary election day in Massachusetts. Polls are open from 7 am until 8 pm. To find out where to vote and to see the ballot you will receive at the polling place, visit Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s “Find my election information” page. In the meantime, the following…
Read More »Here is the lead editorial from the September 7, 1992 edition of the New York Times – A Labor Day piece about the recently opened Boott Cotton Mills Museum: Youngsters who are made to troop through America’s historic landmarks might reasonably conclude that in the past, rich was typical. Ordinary…
Read More »Paul Richardson is a writer and photographer who has been doing creative work in the city since the 1970s. His show is in the John Greenwald Gallery of the Arts League of Lowell center at 307 Market Street. Gallery hours are Wed-Sat, 12 to 6 pm, and Sun, 12 to…
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