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The mill cities along the Merrimack River should promote themselves in clusters like the Civil War sites in the South. Why can’t our region become a multi-day destination for visitors the way heritage sites or natural attractions in other parts of the country present themselves? Manchester, New Hampshire, looks good…
Read More »“Another Lowell architectural motif” by Tony Sampas
Read More »The Arts editor of the Boston Globe decided that the Revolving Museum of Lowell deserved a close look as it closed its doors this summer. Read the article here. I was on the advisory committee of the Revolving Museum, not the board of directors but an advisory committee, for several years after…
Read More »When I wrote my post about last week’s cable TV gathering of City Manager Bernie Lynch and members of the local media (new and old), I omitted this exchange: Chris Scott (Lowell Sun) to Lynch: “Would you ask for the resignation [of the members of the License Commission]?” City Manager…
Read More »Is it me getting less patient with uncomfortable weather or have we had an unusually long run of hot and/or swampy days in the valley? A news feature on TV this week reported on bats being hyper-active because of the extended stretch of hot days. I had a deja vu…
Read More »The ability to speak well in public is critically important in many lines of work. An established organization devoted to improving such skills, Toastmasters International, now has a club in Lowell. The Mill City president, Dan Barrett, sent me some information about the local chapter and extends the following invitation…
Read More »Back in March a team from the Mass Memories Road Show, a roving digital history project from UMass Boston that seeks to capture historical images from every community in the Commonwealth, visited Lowell. With the help of dozens of local volunteers, the team scanned photographs brought to them by local…
Read More »As the skies darkened yesterday afternoon, my cell phone began buzzing with alerts from the National Weather Service. Here they are: 3:36 pm – Tornado Watch in effect for Middlesex County, MA until 9 pm 5:27 pm – Flash Flood Warning for Middlesex County, MA until 8:30 pm 6:24 pm…
Read More »At 7:15 am, I’m bouncing between Iceland-Hungary playing team handball and watching President Obama’s surrogate Robert Gibbs on Morning Joe trying to explain the Obama plan for getting the country back on track—and Gibbs is talking like somebody put a nickel in his back to get a print-out answer. Fail. The…
Read More »On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of his hiring as Lowell City Manager, Bernie Lynch invited members of the media, mainstream and new, to appear with him for 90 minutes on Lowell Telecommunications last evening and discuss the issues of the day. Joining the manager from City Hall were…
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