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The sentiments expressed by correspondent Terry Byrne in today’s Boston Globe join that of the audiences that have enjoyed the current production at the Merrimack Repertory Theater. The production of “Daddy Long Legs” – a two person musical based on a 1912 story set somewhere in New England – has brought MRT audiences to…
Read More »The Merrimack River’s Pawtucket Falls at Pawtucket Dam in Lowell (copied from a post on Facebook by Alan S. Manoian)
Read More »This is a cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog. The Society is participating in the local celebration of Dickens’ 200th birthday and his 1842 visit tio Lowell in partnership with UMass Lowell, the Lowell National Historical Park and others. There will be a panel discussion on Dickens at the…
Read More »The city of Lowell seal on the Ladd and Whitney Monument. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »As I drove in Westford Street from Drum Hill earlier today, an orange city of Lowell dump truck rumbled past me. In its wake the street seemed to be strewn with a handful of grayish chunks of snow. Momentarily baffled, I noticed a second truck approaching and saw its bed…
Read More »Over on the “Forgotten New England” blog there’s another installment in the Fires of Lowell, Massachusetts series. This story of the Sacred Heart School fire in 1967 tears at my memory, my heartstrings and the fabric of my family history. My grandfather – Patrick J. Kirwin was a member of…
Read More »This past Friday, the Pollard Memorial Library hosted an open house to show of some new Low-Vision Stations that have been acquired for folks with limited vision. Besides the equipment on display inside, the New England Eye Institute’s Mobile Clinic was parked in front of the library where comprehensive eye…
Read More »This 1870’s ad for the Lowell Gas Light Company is a pretty good example of how the meaning of words may change over time. In this case, the product advertized was a by-product of the coal gasification process that yielded the illuminating gas that was used to light the city’s…
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