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Lowell has many churches. Several of the Roman Catholic edifices have the architectural beauty of some of the finest of European cathedrals, and the clergy shepherd their flocks carefully. from George Kenngott, “The Record of a City” Thus wrote George Kenngott in his 1912 book “The Record of a City:…
Read More »From 1968 to 1972, Lowell participated in a new urban redevelopment program that had been launched as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” legislative broadside. The federal programs were intended to lift up the many Americans facing dire economic and social challenges. Lowell Mayor Edward J. Early, Jr., moved…
Read More »I didn’t want the anniversary of D-Day to pass without comment. Below is a repeat of the post I did today for the LowellDeeds blog. Above and far below are photos from a family visit to Normandy back in 2004. The Allied invasion of Normandy – D-Day – occurred 68…
Read More »Last Friday, I received a surprise call at my UMass Lowell office. I was in a meeting off campus, so was not there to pick up the phone. Later in the day, I got an email message explaining what had happened and telling me to check the voicemail. I joined the…
Read More »Matt Malone, SJ A Massachusetts and Greater Lowell connection! I know Matt and couldn’t be more pleased at this appointment. America is powerful voice for Jesuits and for Catholics – it is in a good place in the hands of Matt Malone. (New York, N.Y., June 5, 2012) — For…
Read More »A unique perspective on the Boott Mills, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Thanks to City Manager Bernie Lynch and Acting Supt. of Lowell National Park Peter Aucella, several excellent groundskeepers from the City and Park last Thursday spent a few hours sprucing up Kerouac Park and the Jack Kerouac Commemorative (the sculptural tribute) on Bridge Street downtown in preparation for a video-taped report by the UK…
Read More »Cultural afffairs officials in Cambodia want the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to return two sandstone sculptures that are believed to have been taken out of the country illegally around 1970. The statues, called “Kneeling Attendants,” date from the 10th century and are known to have been part of…
Read More »The first Friday in June is National Donut Day. While not a regular element of my diet, donuts are a welcome treat on occasion. They’re also nostalgic making me think of places in Lowell like Mary-Lou’s on Chelmsford Street or Eat-a-Donut at Liberty and School. Today, we have places like…
Read More »Join Sons of Liberty Publishing for the gala release of the anthology River Muse: Tales of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley, featuring previously unpublished writing by Jack Kerouac and selections by 35 other writers from the city and region, including Andre Dubus III, Nancye Tuttle, Jacquelyn Malone, Chath pierSath, Steve…
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