Lowell

Tale of Three Shannons

James M. Shannon – President, National Fire Prevention Association / Former Member of Congress (Democrat 5-MA) / Former Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts “The Column” in today’s SUN tells us that the people in charge at Steward Healthcare Systems expressed their displeasure at recent negative comments made by James M.…

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Saturday at the Lowell Folk Festival

Weather-wise, this was one of the nicest Folk Festival days I recall. Not a cloud in the sky and the warmth of the sun was tempered by a cooling breeze. It was crowded and most folks seemed to congregate at the respective stages. All that I visited were crowded (Bill…

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Friday Folk Fest Opening

My writing colleague Jack McDonough, an occasional contributor to this blog, would say this about last night: “Rain failed to dampen the spirits” of the festival-goers as the 25th annual Lowell Folk Festival rolled through downtown with its cargo of bright music, savory foods, hand-shaped craft objects, bins of joy,…

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Veteran grave markers discovered

A new homeowner called me today. She, her husband and their son moved into a very nice Lowell home a short time ago. One item that needed attention was the granite front stairs. The mortar holding them in place had eroded and had to be replaced. But when the homeowners…

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Check the archives

The local newspaper today erroneously reports that the remains of Martin Murray, a World War Two aviator from Lowell who was lost when his B-24 crashed in New Guinea in 1943, will be buried this coming Monday at Arlington National Cemetery. As we reported HERE back in April, Lieutenant Murray’s…

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Lowell Visioning Session

Last evening I joined nearly forty others at the Lowell Senior Center for this week’s “visioning session” which was “Community Character and Civic Engagement.” The format was the same as the last session I attended. After a brief review of the city’s Master Plan of 2000, we broke up into…

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