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Cardinal O’Connell Parkway makeover
From Tony Sampas: Cardinal O’Connell Parkway Makeover. There will be a layer of bricks around the edges, a fence put in and new plantings added. The trees, which were diseased, will be replaced
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The geometry of Lowell’s mills
Tony Sampas finds poetry in the geometry of Lowell’s mills.
Read More »“Meanderings” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shared some thoughts with us over the weekend: I have been reading a bit of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, and I really enjoy reading a poem he dedicated to a louse on a lady’s bonnet at church. He uses most of the poem to describe…
Read More »Lowell Sustainability Photo Contest
What part of Lowell do you want to pass on to future generations? That’s the question that the city’s just-announced photo contest asks: Nearly ten years ago, the City of Lowell created a citywide Master Plan, thereby establishing a shared and comprehensive framework for long range development. This year the…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Red-Mass Group Redistricting Suggestions
Last week the folks at the Red-Mass Group blog offered some suggestions on how to redistrict three Merrimack Valley/Northern Middlesex State Senate districts. Two of the districts – First Middlesex and Second Essex Middlesex rate a high “leaning Republican” rating from them based on the Brown Coakley race results while…
Read More »Sun Articles About Ben Butler and the Pawtucket Dam
Two articles in today’s Lowell SUN are worth your attention. Longtime Sun sports writer Dave Pevear is a history buff at heart with a particular interest in the Civil War. Here’s a link to his interesting story about Ben Butler: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_17969383. Correspondent Marie Donovan attended the community briefing on the…
Read More »How to Make Boston ‘Awesome’: Tips from Young Entrepreneurs
More on city life: Look at this feature from boston.com and the Globe with ideas from young entrepreurs about how to make Boston more appealing for entrepreneurship, working, and living.
Read More »This Is Interesting: Somerville Measures Happiness
In today’s NYTimes, Somerville, Mass., is featured in an article about the innovative way the community tries to measure the happiness of its residents. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Lowell National Park Photography Contest
For the second consecutive year, the Lowell National Park will hold a photography contest that will run from May 1, 2011 to September 1, 2011. Last year I attended the awards ceremony for the contest and was stunned by the quality of the photos submitted (and clearly understood why the…
Read More »Just another Lowell sunset
By Tony Sampas
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