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This is a publicity picture from Austin, Texas, but you get the idea looking at this image that the Court Yard Hounds are all in with their instruments and voices when they hit the stage. Martie Maguire, left, and Emily Robison did not for a moment trade on their fame…
Read More »Mass Moments reminds us that on this day July 16, 1997, a tentative deal was announced by Borden to save the famous Prince pasta plant in Lowell. Hoping that the “Spaghettiville” plant would continue to be one of the city’s largest employers, Senator Ted Kennedy acquired federal funds targeted to…
Read More »John F. Kerry (D) Massachusetts is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We know him well in the Greater Lowell environs – as a war hero, an anti-war activist, the Democratic nominee for congress from the 5th district, as an assistant district attorney for Middlesex County, as Lt.…
Read More »Nearly 50 people gathered last night at the Lowell Senior Center to participate in a community “visioning session” conducted by staff of the Department of Planning and Development. The topics for discussion were housing and public services. Here’s how it worked: There were four table groupings in the big hall…
Read More »According to a news report by writer Mark Arsenault at the MetroDesk of boston.com, the Archdiocese of Boston through decrees made by Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley is moving to sell six shuttered churches. The decrees made according to canon law remove the sacred standing of the church buildings making them…
Read More »The Beat Museum in San Francisco is now a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post. Here is a recent post about the forthcoming film version of Kerouac’s legendary novel “On the Road.”
Read More »Close-ups of the Lowell City Hall tower, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Wayne Peters came to Lowell to serve as Superintendent of Schools. Later he was elected to the Lowell School Committee and then to the City Council. His son, Jim Peters, a frequent contributor to this site, informs us that his dad passed away this morning in Florida and offers the…
Read More »From History.com: On this day – July 13, 1960: In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of…
Read More »The Sun Building on Merrimack Street, by Tony Sampas
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