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Kerouac in Paris This Summer
There’s a major museum exhibition in Paris about the Beat Generation writers this summer. Geoff Dyer, one of the best writers working today, has a piece about the show in The Spectator in England. He gives Jack Kerouac high marks for literary achievement but minces no words about the author…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review; July 17, 2016
Two big real estate sales were consummated this week. On Thursday, UMass Lowell took ownership of the Perkins Place apartments, and on Friday, Vision Development took ownership of the former Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank headquarters at One Merrimack Plaza (across from Lowell High School). Like most complex real estate…
Read More »Project Mercury Stamp, 1962
My father collected stamps most of his life. Below is an item called a First Day Cover, which can be a card or an envelope with a postal cancellation mark on the day the stamp was released to the public. This one is from 1962, the stamp issued in connection…
Read More »Yard & Garden Report: South Common Historic District
Heirloom lily from the zealous gardener Elizabeth Nesmith in the backyard garden contributed by Richard Marion, who rescued the plant from a greenhouse site that closed down a few years ago. We have another one from the 1940s that has three buds and should bloom later this week.—PM
Read More »Old Glory, Holy Trinity, St. Patrick’s
This photo from Tony Sampas is a reminder of the cool and cloudy July weekend that just passed:
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: July 10, 2016
Local Development Roundup: It was a relatively quiet week in local political news so let’s take a quick look at the status of some of the major development projects in the city: Hamilton Canal District: There have been a few positive developments for the Hamilton Canal District including the selection…
Read More »South Common Historic District: Yard & Garden Report
The flamingoes landed.
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: June 28, 2016
I missed Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting and so watched a replay last night. Here are my notes. Because of this and because it is the Fourth of July holiday weekend, my Week in Review column will appear later this week: Update on meeting between City Manager and UMass Lowell…
Read More »Meehan closes campaign account to fund educational foundation
It’s no secret that I’m a longtime admirer and supporter of Marty Meehan. From Lowell High School days when Marty was sitting in my English class and dashing about as a student leader to later years when after being on opposing sides in a Democratic congressional primary we became work…
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