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The machinery of justice grinds on in the dispute between the National Park Service and Enel Green Power North America over the future condition of the scenic and significant Pawtucket Dam at the falls on the Merrimack River in northern Lowell. The custodians of our country’s heritage treasures are trying…
Read More »“Highlands Snow-Tops” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 Click on the image to see it larger. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »It was Irish Cultural Week 2014 in Lowell. As the family prepared for his wake and funeral Paul Sheehy’s voice was heard at The Acre Forum as he recalled growing up in his beloved Acre. As St. Patrick’s Church filled with hundreds of family, friends, colleagues and admirers to mourn, celebrate and…
Read More »Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, I lived in a mostly French-Canadian ethnic world. Two sets of my first-cousins had an Irish-American mother and father respectively. St. Patrick’s Day for my father meant a green tie with a shamrock for Mass on the Sunday closest to March 17. My…
Read More »“Hurd Street Movers” by Richard Marion [original, 1979] (c) 2014 Click on the image to see it larger. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Wednesday, April 9, 2014; Discussion, 5 to 7 pm; Reception, 7 to 9.30 pm “Reflections on Peace-Building” is the first-ever gathering of distinguished leaders who have served as the UMass Lowell Dana McLean Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. The scholars will engage in a panel discussion moderated by Marcellette Williams, UMass…
Read More »As Curator Ryan Owen delves more into the Lowell Historical Society’s old and diverse collection, he will be reporting about the oddities and curiosities that abound. His most recent find has us remembering an iconic entertainment venue and seeing perhaps the earliest Lowell bobble-head. This is a cross-post from the LHS blog site about the Curator’s latest find.…
Read More »Today is officially Jack Kerouac Day in Massachusetts. It’s the author’s birthday, March 12 (1922). The Governor will issue a proclamation in recognition of the day. The legislature put this on the books in 2001, thanks to state Sen. Moore of Worcester, Lowell’s Statehouse delegation at the time, local citizen…
Read More »The Party Band (Web photo by Anne Cook courtesy of Party Band Facebook page) The Party Band Announces Release of Debut Album Transcendenta Street-Friendly, 24-Piece Brass Band from Lowell, Mass., Drops First Album on Mar. 29 at Local Music Festival The River Hawk Party Band (know to locals as The…
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