Here’s a hat tip to the climate-change demonstrators in Washington, D.C., who are speaking on behalf of the planet this holiday weekend. Lowelltown is as white tonight as the monuments in the capital city. I wrote this poem after a family trip to Washington in the summer of 2004. There…
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Following is an excerpt of a 1994 interview (oral history) of M. Brendan Fleming, professor emeritus of UMass Lowell and former mayor and city councilor of Lowell. The interviewer was Maryrose Lane. The full transcription of the oral history is available on the website of the UMass Lowell Center for…
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Here’s Part IV of the index for my upcoming book, Legendary Locals of Lowell, which will be published on March 11, 2013. Howe, James E., 64 Howe, Richard P., 48, 67, 99 Hoyt’s German Cologne, 40 Hoyt, Eli, 40 Irish Mill Workers, 29 Irish, Cyrus, 62 Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 14…
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Reminder for next GLAD Meeting This coming SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Members of 3MAD Will Join Us! Saturday February 16, 2013 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair…
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UMass Lowell Chancellor Mary Meehan had big new s to announce at a press conference and rally at the UML/Tsongas Center this morning. UMass Lowell is going Division I for all it men’s and women’s sports! Saying that it will be a challenge but a great step for the University,…
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[youtube]QFyvrajdxTE[/youtube] The 2012 New England Music Awards event will take place at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, April 13, 2013. I confess to not being a aficionado of the local music scene but I’d like to be so this seems like a perfect chance to see and hear the…
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Here’s the third installment of index entries from my forthcoming book, Legendary Locals of Lowell, which will be published on March 11, 2013. Dutton Street Boarding House, 20 Early, Edward, 99 Edson, Theodore, 102 Eno Printing, 42 Eno, Arthur, 42 Eno, Arthur, 99 Eno, Camille, 42, 54, 107 Eno, Francis,…
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Here’s the full text of a message sent by UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan to the alumni: OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR Dear Alumni: We have achieved so much on this campus in the past six years – record-breaking enrollment growth, pioneering research, shovels hitting the ground for seven new buildings…
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The pre-publication rollout of Legendary Locals of Lowell continues. There are a number of readings/book signings scheduled already. Here’s the list: Monday, March 18 at 7 pm at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell Monday, March 25 at 7 pm at the Tewksbury Public Library Saturday, April 6 at 11…
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Yesterday I wrote about the upcoming March 11, 2013 publication of my book, Legendary Locals of Lowell, which is a history of the city told through pictures of its people. More information about the book including how to pre-order, where it will be sold locally, and dates of readings/signings are…
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