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In today’s Boston Globe in the GlobeNorth section, writer Katheleen Conti writes about the current state of reclaiming, rehabbing and reuse of the mill space in the downtowns of the Merrimack Valley’s historic mills cities – Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill. She notes: Mill and factory buildings that supported gateway cities…
Read More »Nashua, New Hampshire* It wasn’t only about the upcoming, first-in-the-nation primary and Presidential candidate debates and events in New Hampshire this past weekend. Staff writer Dean Shalhoup writes in the Nashua Telegraph of the 106th Inaugural and Swearing-In ceremonies held yesterday in the city of Nashua. Nashua’s first female Mayor – Donnalee Lozeau – was…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day January 9, 1961, President-elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy addressed the Massachusetts legislature. He acknowledged in an oft-quoted reminder that “of those to whom much is given, much is required.” Yet, the main subject of his address was the unique legacy of the Commonwealth – our Bay…
Read More »Yesterday the Patrick/Murray Administration announced an increase in critically needed funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), increasing the maximum benefit to help low-income residents in Massachusetts heat their homes this winter. The Commonwealth is expected to receive an additional federal funding increase in the coming weeks that…
Read More »On Facebook from David Bernstein – writer for the Boston Phoenix – this heads-up: Joe Kennedy III just released a statement “announcing today my intention to explore a candidacy for the United States Congress in the Fourth District of Massachusetts.” This looks like an interesting development for the future of…
Read More »With the city of Lowell just having elected its youngest mayor and one of Irish descent – Patrick O. Murphy, it’s interesting to read the MassMoments story today about Hugh O’Brien. O’Brien was sworn-in on this day – January 5, 1885 – as the city of Boston’s first Irish-born Mayor. O’Brien’s swearing-in…
Read More »Thanks to reader Maxine Farcus for forwarding this great 1949 holiday-time photo showing Lowell’s first and longtime favorite “downtown” Chinese restaurant Chin Lee’s. The sign is at Kearney Square marking an earlier location. By the time it closed it was located on Merrimack Street upstairs on the 2nd floor adjacent to…
Read More »On this day – January 2, 1960 – appearing before the press in Washington, DC in the Senate Caucus Room – Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts – announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Despite his youth and being seen by some as lacking experience in foreign affairs…
Read More »Those of you politicos who thrive on cross-boarder trips into New Hampshire during the presidential political season – might be interested in a Forum on the Future presentation scheduled for January 9, 2012 at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The discussion – “Renewing America’s Political…
Read More »Controversial Canadian author Steve Marche shares his view “That we are not all created equal” in his monthly column – “A Thousand Words about Our Culture” – in the January 2012 of Esquire magazine. Here is a taste of his view – then read on for the reasons behind the view. He assails both the…
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