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The following is cross-posted from Jack Neary’s blog: Wanted to let you know about an upcoming event. I’ve been playing in a September baseball game with a group of friends, many of them from Lowell’s Sacred Heart Parish, for 30 years. This year, the game falls on September 11, and…
Read More »Here’s a video I shot through the day that documents the impact of the storm around my house: [youtube]7wUO1ZWuGi4[/youtube]
Read More »A little after 9 this morning I heard an explosion from outside the house and caught sight of a simultaneous flash out our front door. A large tree limb had fallen across the power line that runs down a side street to the houses behind. We never lost power but…
Read More »At 845 am the wind is moderate with higher gusts; the rain is steady but the intensity varies. NECN reports that Hurricane Irene has now cleared New York City and is heading into Connecticut. The expected track will take it north-northeast through that state and then on into Central Massachusetts.…
Read More »“Confluence of Concord & Merrimack” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 To see more artwork, visit www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle. Swept somewhat aside by Hurricane Irene was Thursday’s fiery guest essay in the NYTimes by scholar and activist Cornel West, who called for “a revolution” in tribute to the memory of Rev.…
Read More »Legendary Civil Rights leader and long-time US Rep. John Lewis of Georgia wrote an op-ed piece for today’s NYTimes. He charges that several states have passed laws controlling the voting process that will disproportionately burden voters who are racial minorities (govt. photo id required) or young (student id’s not allowed in…
Read More »The city of Lowell announced about a year ago plans to identify the Palin Plaza area of the Lower Highlands neighborhood “Cambodia Town” in an effort to brand that sub-neighborhood with an ethnic identity reflecting its residents and businesses and also to create a possible tourist destination. It seems that…
Read More »Yesterday the Archdiocese of Boston published the names of 159 priests and former priests who were in some way connected to the clergy sex abuse scandal. While victim rights groups were pleased with this release, they were also critical that many other names were still being withheld. These included clergy…
Read More »Hurricane Bob heading for New England (1991) In August 1991, Hurricane Bob roared through the Merrimack Valley in synch with an attempted coup in the USSR that eventually led to the Soviet Union’s downfall. I was at my desk listening to news and writing in my notebook. I later published…
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