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Gov Patrick Celebrates Asian Heritage Month in Lowell
Governor Deval Patrick officially proclaimed the month of May to be Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at a celebration in Lowell tonight. Held at the Sunny Da Restaurant and sponsored by the Governor’s Asian American Commission/Advisory Council and Lowell’s Southeast Asian community, the…
Read More »2014 ~ Doors Open Lowell
From our friends at “2014 ~ Doors Open Lowell” ~ Over 25 Historic Buildings Open May 15 – 17! The 13th Annual Doors Open Lowell, presented as part of Lowell’s National Preservation Month activities, will take place May 15-17. The event offers an insider’s look into the preservation of over…
Read More »South Common in Season
The South Common has begun to look like its warm-season self in the past week. I was out with Ringo the dog, my family’s Boston Terrier, last week just after the first lawn-mowing on the green slopes. The smell of freshly cut grass is one of those memory scents that…
Read More »1 Perkins St, Lowell
The Charles J. Hoff Alumni Scholarship Center at 1 Perkins St., Lowell. Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »City Council meeting: May 6, 2014
I had another commitment earlier tonight so Jack Moynihan kindly covered the first 40 minutes of the meeting until I was able to get online. Thanks Jack! Meeting called to order at 6:35 by Mayor Elliot Councilor Samaras asked for a moment of silence for a deceased teacher whose name…
Read More »Donate Books for Upcoming Pollard Library Book Sale!
The call for books is out from the Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library! This is a great opportunity for the community to support your public library and the mission and program of the Friends. The Friends of the Pollard Library annual book sale takes place Thursday-Saturday, May 15-17, at the…
Read More »Lowell Historical Society Annual Meeting ~ Saturday May 10, 2014
Annual Meeting of the Lowell Historical Society Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 2:00PM Pollard Memorial Library Community Room /Ground Floor Brief Business Meeting / Election of Officers and Directors Followed by a Presentation “Treasures Uncovered: Highlights of the Municipal Archives” Join Lowell Historical Society’s Vice-President Kim Zunino for an introduction to…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: May 4, 2014
Here’s my review of political events in Lowell this past week: BIKE LANES For Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Rodney Elliott and Councilor Rita Mercier filed a joint motion to abolish the bike lanes that were installed on Father Morissette Boulevard last summer. This prompted a big turnout by local…
Read More »‘South Common’ by Martha Norkunas
In her book Monuments and Memory: History and Representation in Lowell, Massachusetts (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002), Martha Norkunas, Ph.D., writes about the South Common: “In 1845 the mayor of Lowell, Elisha Huntington, recognized that the city needed open public spaces beyond those of the Lowell Cemetery. The city purchased ten…
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