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‘Narratives in Plastic’: A Poem & a Short Film
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Bucky Lew and the Illustrious Lews of Lowell
From the archive… the Lews were an important Lowell family. Today MassMoments reminds us that Harry “Bucky” Lew – the first African American to play professional basketball – was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on January 4, 1884. January 4, 2013 Marie Leave a comment Edit Mass Moments reminds us that on…
Read More »WLLH…Music, Memories and More
As the former Producer of WLLH’s “Morning Magazine” show hosted by the late Paul Sullivan, this video brought back some pleasant memories. The “Music, Memories and More” format on WLLH was very popular and a great success. This video was originally posted on YouTube by stevations
Read More »“Snowbound” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
In keeping with Paul’s nod to Robert Frost, let’s remember another Merrimack Valley poet even more associated with the beauty, wiles and challenges of a snow storm. John Greenleaf Whittier – a rural Haverhill-born poet – offers the narrated tale of a snowstorm in early 1800’s New England. Let we forget – Whittier has the…
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Chinese Pie (Web photo courtesy of citronlimette.com)
Read More »Chinese Pie Is Not Chinese Food, But New Year’s Day Is Special for French Canadian-Americans
Chinese Pie or Pâté chinois is a French-Canadian version of shepherd’s pie that at one time was so popular that it would appear on school lunch menus in French Catholic parishes and even some public schools in Greater Lowell. The origin is not certain and may be related to Canadian…
Read More »Year End Review: Part Five
Celebrate with care
As this story from the Daily National Intelligencer (Washington D.C.) on New Year’s Day 1847 reminds us, be careful out there tonight and tomorrow: FATAL ACCIDENT AT LOWELL. — The Lowell Courier of Saturday states that a young man named HALL fell from the sixth story of the large Middlesex…
Read More »To Be the Best City of Its Size
There was a time not that long ago when it was common to hear a statement that was used to sum up the purpose of the community’s manifold efforts to move Lowell forward—efforts in the public and private sectors, efforts involving vast financial investments or genuine sweat equity, efforts involving…
Read More »A Look Back ~ Tewksbury and Some Merrimack Valley Neighbors
December 29, 2013
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Marie
Posted in Election 2014, Culture, Current Events, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2013
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In taking a look back over the year 2013 in Tewksbury and other Merrimack Valley environs – the issues of politics, economics, quality of life, culture – traditional and pop, education and sports – are all vying for attention. Across the Merrimack Valley the stand-out event – in my opinion…
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