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It is still freakin’ cold out there, so I’m posting another Caribbean composition from the vault.—PM . Hibiscus Lane 1. One nimble gecko scaling a mosquito net remains the only lizard we’ve seen in a week on the island whose old name, Hewanorra, means “where the iguana is found.” Purple…
Read More »The key documents related to the Pawtucket Falls Dam court case, plus a statement from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, are available on the website of the Lowell Heritage Partnership at www.lowellheritagepartnership.org
Read More »Snow permitting—-Here’s an announcement from the Tewksbury Library: The Tewksbury Public Library invites the public to a special program on Wed., Feb. 18, at 7 pm at Tewksbury Public Library, with author Paul Marion, who will discuss his new book, “MILL POWER: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park,”…
Read More »The shame of the result in the court case about the future of the Pawtucket Falls Dam is the lack of trade-off and balancing of interests in the court’s decision. Enel is already generating green energy and making money on the hydro-power system, otherwise they would not be operating in…
Read More »This is a cross-post from LowellIrish where historian Dave McKeon comments about cartoonist Thomas Nast and his apparent ant-Irish and anti-Catholic cartoon attacks. He offers another side of Nast – who by the way wasn’t very fond of Ben Butler and subjected him to the Nast-y cartoon pen. He asks…
Read More »There is much about politics for which Massachusetts is well-known. An infamous historical note rests with Governor Elbridge Gerry and his redistricting method known ever since as “Gerrymandering.” Cartoonists memorialized his efforts in a “Gerrymander” creature that resembled that of a salamander-like monster. From the archive: Infamous “Gerrymander” Made Massachusetts Law ~…
Read More »People are discussing what’s going to happen with transportation improvements on the Thorndike-Dutton streets corridor because of what they will mean for access to and from the Gallagher transit terminal, around South Common, over to Cambodia Town and Western Avenue Studios, through the Hamilton Canal District, and into the core…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley ~ Rumors and Rumblings… Maybe people need a distraction from the weather, whatever the cause – rumors and rumblings are reverberating around the Merrimack Valley. Soft rumblings in the Town of TEWKSBURY… will Scott Wilson run for reelection for the Board of Selectmen? papers were pulled…
Read More »As I look out on a frozen landscape piled high with the snows of the more recent “Blizzard of 2015” and anticipate a long duration storm predicted to bring another 10-15 inches, I’m remembering along with MassMoments, the Blizzard of ’78. There is an historical record of the Blizzard of…
Read More »The new issue of the biannual events tabloid is out at UMass Lowell. To see what’s coming, check this link. Highlights include a benefit concert by pop star Melissa Manchester, an Oscar Wilde play, a reading by a poet recently nominated for a National Book Award, a production by the…
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