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Tomorrow morning (Saturday, June 12, 2010) at 10 am, I’ll be leading a tour of historic Lowell Cemetery. We start at the Knapp Avenue gate which is right next to Shedd Park. There’s no charge and the tour takes about 90 minutes. Please consider joining us.
Read More »One of my favorite names of “lost” places or businesses in Lowell is Sweetland Garden. I never went there, but I remember the name from my youth. I’ve heard people talk about it. I think Nancye Tuttle of the SUN years ago wrote a story about the teenagers who used…
Read More »Give the Woodstock chant, “No rain, no rain, no rain,” for RiverFest tomorrow. Events start at 12 noon with the ribbon-cutting for the Concord River Greenway Park behind the Davidson Parking Lot opposite Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Activities include bluegrass, soul, rock, and other kinds of music; kids stuff like crafts…
Read More »Poet Tom Sexton has a new book due next March: “I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets.” The publisher is University of Alaska Press. Watch for Tom to be in the area next spring for a reading or two.
Read More »Bob Gagnon, chair of the Lowell Flood Owners Group in Pawtucketville, wrote a letter to the SUN that was published yesterday. In it he included the address to which people with comments about the proposed “bladder dam” at Pawtucket Falls can send letters: Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, 100…
Read More »Lowell – the Mill Town of the 1940’s – is the star of Tracy Winn’s collection of short stories – Mrs. Somebody Somebody. The trials and tribulations of an assortment of characters from many of Lowell neighborhoods have lives that interconnect and thus tell us a story. As noted in Booklist: Over time, through the…
Read More »Today the newly restored Lincoln Monument in Lowell’s Lincoln Square was unveiled. The restoration is magnificent in its own right, and as City Manager Bernie Lynch stated at the ceremony, the restored monument will hopefully serve as a type of catalyst for the continued restoration of the Lower Highlands neighborhood.…
Read More »Thanks to Dick for the additional background on the Abraham Lincoln Monument. His post includes a photo of the “Before” condition of the monument. We’ll have photos of the “After” condition following the unveiling of the restored monument today at 11 a.m. The rain is light, so join us for…
Read More »Let’s hope the rain holds off tomorrow morning so we can enjoy the rededication of the Abraham Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Square under the sun and not a tent. It’s on rain or shine. This is one of those feel-good small community projects that make a difference as they add…
Read More »Concerning Marjorie’s latest post, here’s what Paul Tsongas wrote about energy in “The Road From Here: Liberalism and Realities in the 1980s,” published in 1981: “Oil is a finite, diminishing resource. These six words tell us almost everything. The preservation of America and the world requires that the facts be…
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