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Our far-flung Western net-desk night editor Tom Sexton, once the Poet Laureate of Alaska and always a distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School, sent this new poem inspired by a work of art he bought from Bill Giavis, a legend at the Brush Gallery in Market Mills downtown.—PM .…
Read More »I found this video on YouTube. It was originally posted by ARLBOSTONRESCUE. Below is the video description as written by the poster. The Animal Rescue League of Boston received a call for assistance from the Lowell animal control, fro a gull that was stuck to the ice on the Merrimack…
Read More »Jim Blute of the Facebook group “You Know You’re From Lowell If…” posted a link to ebay.com for this 1854 letter on Jan. 5, 2014: “In the 19th Century, Lowell, Mass., was known for its textile industry and for ‘mill girls,’ New England women who worked in the mills. It’s…
Read More »For many years now I’ve urged people to grab a video camera (or use their cell phone’s video camera) and just start shooting. You can’t create a video until you start recording video. One obstacle to doing that is deciding what to film. Often we lack faith in our ideas,…
Read More »Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch submits his letter of resignation, effective March 10, 2014 UPDATE: Here’s a video of CM Lynch reading his letter of resignation. Video taken by Jack Mitchell of Lowell Live Feed from balcony of council chamber. [youtube]zFNbvh1_ajc[/youtube] Paul Belley shares his thoughts on his blog, Captain’s…
Read More »This poem, from Tom Sexton’s recent book Bridge Street at Dusk (Loom Press, 2012), connects to the “Moody Gardens” post below.—PM . Manny He was a minor god of the underworld whose euphonious name brought no reply if mentioned during the day, a lounge singer, a god of sirens and…
Read More »Here’s a great story from Lowell’s past from Mehmed Ali and Beth Brassel: Moody Gardens By Mehmed Ali and Beth Brassel Between 1950 and 1970, Lowell, Mass., saw its status as an industrial dynamo erode. The textile industry shrank to almost nothing and many residents quit on the city, moving…
Read More »Starting a new trash program on January 1 might be necessary, but the unpredictability of the weather always makes it a risky proposition. Such was the case with the launch of Lowell’s new single stream recycling system last week. My normal trash pickup day is Thursday, so with the New…
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