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The Lowell Summer Music Series 2014 is celebrating its 25th year of musical presentations in Boardinghouse Park – a premier setting for outdoor concerts in Historic Downtown Lowell. The series is presented by collaboration of the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Festival Foundation. It’s blues, rock, folk,…
Read More »Web photo courtesy of usatoday.com (Andrew Peacock, Footloose Fotography, via Associated Press) I can’t remember the last time that the sidewalk in front of our house and walkways in the front yard were sealed in ice about 2.5 to 3 inches thick—the series of storms and sequence of snow, sleet,…
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Read More »Twenty years ago, Peter S. Alexis and Henry Kucharzyk organized a museum exhibition at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center (40 French St., near Boarding House Park) about two of the more fascinating people who lived in Lowell. Read about them in the exhibit brochure here, which is available on…
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Read More »I had the privilege of working with Tom McKay on a few committees and projects over the past many years, and I want to say “thanks” to him for his huge contribution to the ongoing cultural revival in Lowell. Tom understood that the cultural industry is pivotal to Lowell’s strength…
Read More »The most important event of the week to me was the presentation at last Tuesday’s city council meeting by John Power of Farley White on the status of the former Wang manufacturing facility at 1001 Pawtucket Boulevard that his firm purchased in January for $15.5 million. Power has a long…
Read More »As newly appointed Curator Ryan Owens delves more into the Lowell Historical Society’s old and diverse collection, he will be reporting about the oddities and curiosities that abound. This is a cross-post from the LHS blog site about the Curator’s latest find. http://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/blog/ From the Curator’s Desk: Odd Old Things –…
Read More »One of the master mechanics of the Lowell revitalization, a visionary in his own right when we talk about the extensive Canalway development and the Lowell Summer Music Series—and a real humanitarian when it comes to helping city causes—will receive the 2014 Thomas G. Kelakos Community Spirit Award of the…
Read More »An excerpt from History of Dracut by Silas R. Coburn (Courier Citizen, 1922), retrieved from archive.org. The first paragraph below is a quote from a chapter by Mary E. Wight in The Lowell Book (George H. Ellis, 1899). The postcard of the Central Bridge is from 1908.—PM . . .…
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