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I’m glad I went down to the river last night. The preacher was in town, and the congregation was called to assemble. He made his fourth tour through the city of smokestacks and steeples, the small city with the world on its streets. The people arrived with eager, happy looks…
Read More »UMass Lowell continued to cement its reputation as a center of political activity in Massachusetts last evening with a debate between US Senate candidates Steve Lynch and Ed Markey at Durgin Hall (the three Republican candidates had been invited but chose not to participate). While the debate was not broadcast…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shared some of this thoughts from the week past: The question of the week, for me personally that is, was how do you keep up with Dick Howe, Jr. I have been a friend of the Howe family since Dick was just a kid, but somehow,…
Read More »Ryan Gallagher, Chuck Levenstein, and I had a good afternoon in Gloucester reading poems for about 20 people at the Gloucester Writers Center, which is a small house on East Main Street that was once the home of poet Vincent Ferrini, longtime poet laureate of Gloucester and a disciple of…
Read More »Book signing on April 6 by DickH On Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 11:00 A.M., the Lowell Historical Society will host a book signing event for Legendary Locals of Lowell, the new book I co-wrote with Mike Rosenberg. The event will take place at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation which is at…
Read More »Last evening was the Lowell premiere of “Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey”, a documentary about Sayon Soeun who at a very young age was forced to serve as a Khmer Rouge soldier. The film follows Sayon, who has lived in Lowell since the early 1990s, as he returns to Cambodia in…
Read More »Read Kevin Cullen in today’s Globe for a great take on UMass Lowell hockey, the university on the move, and what it all means for Lowell.
Read More »From UMass Lowell: The Center for Public Opinion periodically sponsors political debates as part of its mission to promote civic engagement and an enhanced understanding of the political process. U.S. Senate Special Election Primary Debate, April 8, 2013 Come see the candidates for U.S. Senate debate the issues of importance…
Read More »(Globe photo) LeLacheur Park at 450 Aiken Street in Lowell, Massachusetts Today’s Boston Globe features seven New England minor league baseball parks. About LeLacheur Park and the Lowell Spinners, Globe writer Craig Forde says: An instant hit once the gates swung open in 1998, LeLacheur Park ran a sell-out streak of 413…
Read More »This is a re-post from the LowellDeeds blog from earlier today: I spent this morning at the Tsongas Arena helping to staff the housing booth at the Money Strong for Life Fair organized by the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union and attended by nearly 300 seniors from Lowell High School. This…
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