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Channel 5 reporter Kelley Tuthill came to Lowell this morning looking for reaction to the fate of “The Fighter” on this Academy Award nomination day. On the 6 o’clock edition of the news we caught Tuthill meeting with Micky Ward and Dicky Ekland for an interview at the Owl Diner and with Mickey…
Read More »The NYTimes today reports on dismal results in a recent national test on science knowledge administered to 4th, 8th, and 12th graders (the 12th grade sample is much smaller than the elementary school samples). Read the results here, and get the NYT if you want more. But the results showed…
Read More »Today in a live early-morning ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Lowell-made movie “The Fighter” based on the life of Lowell fighter “Irish” Micky Ward and his family garnered six Oscar nominations for –…
Read More »In anticipation of “The Fighter” receiving some Academy Award nominations later today, here’s another view of the Google map mashup I created to show the various places in Lowell where filming of “The Fighter” occurred. You might want to check out the original post which has 31+ helpful comments from…
Read More »With another 12 inches on the way, Tony Sampas reminds us of the amount of snow already on the ground.
Read More »NYTimes columnist David Brooks today says it’s imperative that 21st-century America be a talent magnet to stay at the front of the pack in the global economic and social long-distance race. For our purposes on this blog, substitute Lowell and/or Merrimack Valley every time he mentions America, and think about…
Read More »Pawtucket Congregational Church in Lowell, Massachuestt – National Register of Historic Places -2007 Today Secretary of State William F. Galvin – who also chairs the Massachusetts Historical Commission -announced that the Historical Commission is accepting nominations for the 33rd Annual Preservation Awards Program. This award program recognizes preservation projects and individuals that…
Read More »“. . . There was at the time of the Civil War, a group of young men and women hardly more than boys and girls, who frequented our house, played croquet on the lawn and bowled in the long, low bowling alley; old when I remember it, and covered from…
Read More »Tom Sexton sent a new poem from the coast of Maine where he’s wintering more easily than in the Alaskan icebox. He’s working on a new book of poems. Lowell (and all that that contains) is the subject. Look for the new collection in the fall. In the meantime, mark…
Read More »A study of light and shadow by Tony Sampas, featuring Lowell’s North Common Village
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