Annual Meeting of the Lowell Historical Society Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 2:00PM Pollard Memorial Library Community Room /Ground Floor Brief Business Meeting / Election of Officers and Directors Followed by a Presentation “Treasures Uncovered: Highlights of the Municipal Archives” Join Lowell Historical Society’s Vice-President Kim Zunino for an introduction to…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. On May 5, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court will take up the question of Attorney General Martha Coakley’s rejection of a ballot referendum to repeal the Massachusetts casino law. She concluded in December, 2011 that the referendum should be a…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is, indeed, a controversial figure, especially for the vehemence with which she has criticized Islamic fundamentalism. Just read her memoir Infidel, and you’ll understand why. Her childhood was spent in Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Kenya,…
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Last week’s visit by Meryl Streep to the University of Massachusetts in Lowell is yet another example of the increasing prestige of the school under the leadership of Chancellor Meehan. This video was originally posted by umasslowell.
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The entry below i s being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Four months ago, when the Oxford English Dictionary named “selfie” the 2013 word of the year, I had never even heard of it. In the last couple of days, it’s almost all I’ve heard. Of course, there…
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This past Thursday evening Lowell National Historic Park Deputy Superintendent Peter J. Aucella received the Thomas G. Kelakos Community Spirit Award from the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell at Lenzi’s Mill House. While our earlier post concentrated on Peter’s remarks in accepting the award, Lowell National Park Superintendent Celeste Bernardo…
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The entry below is being cross posted from from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. South Beach is lovely this time of year, especially in that special residential anti-glitz, non-tourist world South of Fifth. Thank goodness for the generosity of friends. Cloudless blue skies, sunny days in the low 80s with low…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When President Obama back in 2010 said of the flawed Affordable Care Act, pass it now, fix it later, perhaps he never dreamed of the extent to which politics would have paralyzed the U.S. Congress. In the past,…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The initial images of the Sochi winter Olympics – tap water the color of urine, treacherous unfinished sidewalks, bathroom doors that wouldn’t open, failed opening night electronic display – have given way to images of skiers doing death-defying summersaults…
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