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Today, Saturday April 9, 2016 at 1 pm, the Lowell Historical Society will host a “story-sharing” and book signing of the recently published “Lowell Irish” with author David McKean. The event will take place at St. Patrick’s Church, 284 Suffolk Street, Lowell MA. Attendees will also enjoy a guided tour of…
Read More »Due to a forecast of a 100 percent chance of rain tomorrow, Thursday, April 7, the Lowell Heritage Partnership cancelled the planned special lighting display at the Lower Locks canal complex in connection with the opening of the Downtown Lowell First Thursdays art and business series. Related activities by Middlesex…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Have you heard the latest? Senate President Mitch McConnell says the 24 Republican Senators who are up for reelection this fall will not vote on anything from now until January 3, 2017, when those elected this November…
Read More »From time to time Lowell Historical Society Curator Ryan Owen gives us a look at a gem from the LHS collection. Here Ryan shares the latest in his post about a nearly forgotten time piece on this blog site “Forgotten New England.” The back of the pocket watch, Lowell Historical Society Collection.
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Gun Violence Down Police Chief Bill Taylor was at Tuesday’s city council meeting and shared some good news: gun violence in Lowell was down substantially in 2015 compared to the prior year. Taylor attributed that mostly to the hiring of 20 additional police officers and also to changes in the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For the past seven years, there’s been a second man in my life. His name? Elias P. Demetracopoulos, hereinafter referred to as Elias. I never met the man, but he figured importantly in our household. My husband, Jim Barron,…
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Super Tuesday The Presidential Primary election is this coming Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and public schools in Lowell will all be closed for the day (which, since so many schools are polling places, is for student-safety rather than for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Brilliant Irish satirist Jonathan Swift was said to have loved individuals but loathed mankind. Specifically, he wrote, “I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.” In that…
Read More »Jim Peters shares some memories of his life in Lowell: As a young child, I wanted to be an architect, but I lacked the motor skills to paint a clear picture, and I was told by my father that I could not do that because of my Mathematics grades. Mathematics…
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