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The rain held off yesterday and the weather proved to be excellent for the 16th Annual Southeast Water Festival. Thousands of people from Lowell and from all over the region and the country came to the north bank of the Merrimack River to enjoy food, music, dancing, boat races and…
Read More »I am a bit ashamed to say that until this week I had never paddled a canoe on the Concord River. Countless times I had driven past the canoe rental place on Main Street in Concord, Mass., the South Bridge Boat House. The weather was good this past Wednesday, so Rosemary…
Read More »If you’ve not already registered to vote – although I suspect most reading this are already registered – today is the deadline if you want to participate in this year’s primary election which will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012. That’s right – the primary is on a Thursday…
Read More »Here are the dates for this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10 am Friday, September 28, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10 am All of these tours begin and end at the Knapp Avenue…
Read More »There was some compelling local cable TV yesterday. At 6am on City Life hosts John McDonough and George Anthes were visited by their regular every-other-Monday guest, former City Manager and School Committee member Bill Taupier. They ended up with a second, unexpected guest: Mayor Patrick Murphy who arrived at about…
Read More »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…
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