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Maya Angelou at Smith Baker; Joe Donahue at Whistler (1989)
With increasing discussion about renovating the Smith Baker Center near Lowell City Hall, I went to the vault to get this essay written in the moment in 1989. Let’s hope we can revive the Smith Baker Center and offer the public inspiring events like Maya Angelou’s appearance there.—PM . A Day That…
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Lowell Week in Review: May 24, 2015
Hamilton Canal District This past Wednesday I drove to Springfield to speak to the Real Estate section of the Hamden County Bar Association about technology and the registry of deeds. While the 40+ lawyers listened politely, the topic that created a buzz was the future Springfield casino. They pointed out…
Read More »Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Memorial Day, 1884
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire” [An address delivered for Memorial Day, May 30, 1884, at Keene, NH, before John Sedgwick Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic.] Not long ago I heard a young man ask why people still kept up…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: May 17, 2015
It was another quiet council meeting this past Tuesday night which has been the norm since the snow melted. That might all change since the city’s FY16 budget should be out soon. City Manager Murphy has done a good job of addressing the priorities of the city councilors and he…
Read More »Chancellor Marty Meehan’s “Last Hurrah” weekend at UMass Lowell….
Tonight’s UMass Lowell pre-commencement awards ceremonies and celebrations were full of nostalgia as Chancellor Marty Meehan presides over his last UML Commencement. It marks the end of yet one phase of the Marty Meehan saga and his soon to begin role as President of the University of Massachusetts system. It…
Read More »‘Industry, Not Servitude,’ by Ellen Rothenberg
My blogging colleague Dick posted the list of guided walks on Saturdays this summer. Rosemary and I are leading a walk that will take in the highlights of the Lowell Public Art Collection, one of them being Ellen Rothenberg’s multi-piece sculpture at Lucy Larcom Park. For this artwork, one design…
Read More »Upcoming Events in Lowell this weekend
There is a full slate of activities in Lowell this coming weekend. Here are some of them: Lowell Cemetery: Walking tours of Lowell Cemetery will take place on Friday, May 15 at 1 pm and on Saturday, May 16 at 10 am. These tours begin at the Lawrence Street Gate,…
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