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A picture of Armand P. Mercier who passed away today. Armand is in the front right of this photo wearing a blue sports jacket and a great smile. Joining him in the photo are the members of the Lowell City Council elected in November 1999 on Inauguration Day in January…
Read More »[youtube]NXr5BQ6Ywv8[/youtube] The MRT has released a new trailer for its latest production, “The Voice of the Turtle” which runs from January 5 through January 29. Here’s what the MRT writes about the play: The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten runs through January 29 at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.…
Read More »Dick’s post about changes in journalism applies in many respects to what has been happening in the publishing sector (books and magazine and e-pubs) since the 1960s, when the mimeograph machine made it easier to mass-produce written material. Remember those school test papers in faint purple ink? Editors, writers, and…
Read More »This morning at 10 I’ll be speaking at the Chelmsford Public Library at 25 Boston Road about the coming of the American Civil War. The talk is free and open to the public so please join us if you’re able. More information is available on the library website.
Read More »The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats – the first in the New Year – will be held tomorrow – Saturday January 14, 2012 – at 8am SHARP at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. The regular agenda will include updates and discussion on: ward/town caucuses for the…
Read More »A couple of things occurred over the past few days that got me thinking about the state of journalism in Lowell these days. Consider . . . Yesterday afternoon, the Sun’s political blog launched a post critical of Mayor Patrick Murphy’s subcommittee appointments. Within hours, Mayor Murphy posted a response…
Read More »The clock high above Lowell City Hall. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Read Rita Savard’s fine article about typewriters in our culture and, specifically, Jack Kerouac’s typewriter at the National Park’s Mogan Cultural Center museum exhibit about the immigrant history of Lowell. Filmmakers were in the city yesterday documenting the old Underwood typewriter on display with one of Kerouac’s backpacks on the…
Read More »In today’s Boston Globe in the GlobeNorth section, writer Katheleen Conti writes about the current state of reclaiming, rehabbing and reuse of the mill space in the downtowns of the Merrimack Valley’s historic mills cities – Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill. She notes: Mill and factory buildings that supported gateway cities…
Read More »From truth-out.org, I picked up news that Bill Moyers has a new TV program. He keeps coming back, I think, because nobody else has figured out how to do the kinds of shows he is so well known for, mixing high-minded thinking, compassionate political ideas, and entertaining broadcast methods. Read…
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