Why are reporters from the N.Y. Times and other media outlets using the term “left-wing” to describe people who oppose racists of all kinds, Nazis, anti-Semites, anti-LGBTQs, christian fascists, and other hate-mongers? Isn’t it the American way to denounce these forms of inhumanity? Isn’t the American creed about pursuing liberty,…
Read More »
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. One blue-eyed, baby-faced demonstrator in Charlottesville, Virginia tells you all you need to know about what drives the alt-right haters, the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan and their ilk. Said Sean Patrick Nielsen, “I’m here because our Republican…
Read More »
This is the 18th 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 (and from last week too): August 13, 1917 –…
Read More »
Yesterday the square at Nesmith and Chestnut Streets ( at the north end of Kittredge Park) was dedication by the City of Lowell in honor of WWII Navy aviator ~ Navy Cross, Silver Star and Air Medal with three stars recipient ~ James W. Sweeney. Before family, friends, Mayor Kennedy,…
Read More »
Congressional Election The big news this week – if you set aside the possibility of a nuclear exchange between North Korea and the United States – was the announcement by Niki Tsongas that she would not seek reelection to Congress in 2018. After Tsongas released her news this past Tuesday,…
Read More »
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Donald Trump has left the White House. For 17 days. For a vacation in New Jersey. Is it safe to come out? Initially, I thought so. After Senators John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski stood tall to…
Read More »
The topic of tomorrow’s Lowell Walk is the Hamilton Canal Innovation District. The walk will be led by Claire Ricker of the city’s Department of Planning and Development. The walk begins at 10 am from Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. Claire will update us on the…
Read More »
I stepped away from my computer for a while this morning and just returned to the news that Congresswoman Niki Tsongas has decided that she will not run for reelection in 2018… she has had a strong ten years working for her constituents and for issues of importance for this…
Read More »
Communications Communication from Lowell Sustainability Council asking Mayor to join with other mayors in committing to the Paris Climate Accord. Also take up Councilor Samaras motion requesting City Council adopt a resolution entitled “The road to 100 percent clean renewable energy for the years 2035.” Jay Mason, chair of sustainability…
Read More »
The following is an excerpt from Charlie Gargiulo’s memoir about growing up in Lowell’s Little Canada neighborhood in the 1960s during the time when political leaders had targeted the area for wholesale destruction in service of an economic redevelopment policy fueled by government money. The process was called Urban Renewal,…
Read More »
Menu