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This storm will pack a punch, but it’ll be gone quickly Power outages are virtually guaranteed across southern New England. After a beautiful day on Saturday, things are rapidly going to go downhill Sunday afternoon and into the overnight. . . . Power outages are virtually guaranteed across southern New…
Read More »LHS at Boston Book Festival Among the nearly one hundred author sessions at yesterday’s Boston Book Festival was one called Defining Diversity which is also the title of a book published last May by a class of Lowell High students. Taking the stage at 11:30 am in the Boston Public…
Read More »There must be a comic out there who wrote this already, but I will suggest it for consideration. In the contest of political language and with humor in the face of swamp gas, the inconvenient media should use the term “droppings” instead of “tweets” for early morning emissions from Trump’s…
Read More »This is the 28th weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: October 22, 1917 – Monday – Success for British and…
Read More »This Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 11 am, I will lead a walking tour of Lowell Cemetery. This just-scheduled event will be a combination of the spring and fall tours and will cover some of the most notable monuments in this very historic cemetery. Sunday’s tour will begin at the…
Read More »Mayor’s Business: Letter from School Superintendent that the public schools would have multiple uses for the existing LHS 1922 building and would not deem it to be surplus should the high school move to the Cawley site. Communication placed on file. Motion taken out of order: Samaras – Req. City…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares the following about what’s expected at tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting. I believe that the agenda item 5.1.C under the City Manager’s answer to the motions will probably garner the most discussion and debate. This report is in answer to last week’s motion by Councilor Jim…
Read More »I happened to be at the Kerouac Commemorative public artwork in Kerouac Park at Bridge and French streets yesterday, Jack’s Death Day, where I stopped while guiding a group of 17 arts administration master’s program students from Boston University around Lowell’s historic and cultural district. The flawless blue sky played…
Read More »Urban Planning and Lowell High “Have you ever seen anything like this?” That’s a question repeatedly asked of me lately. It refers to the divisive fight over the location of Lowell High School, of course. My answer is, no, I have not seen anything like this. The fight over whether…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Reading, especially fiction. Listening to music. Attending theater and concerts. Taking courses. Working. Gardening. Connecting with friends and family. All worthy efforts to distract from the havoc that Donald Trump is wreaking upon us. All effective, if temporary,…
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