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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Last Sunday, when the Cubs were down 3-1 to Cleveland, celebrated prognosticator Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight proclaimed that the Cubs had a smaller chance of winning the World Series than Trump did winning the presidency. More recently, he’s…
Read More »We are on the doorstep of an American presidential election result that will either be the most disruptive since 2000 (see my colleague Dick’s post today) or a decision to stay the course with a moderate, compassionate, fact-based White House administration. Are we headed toward a Brexit-type repudiation of the…
Read More »On November 26, 2000, I wrote an account of that years presidential election – which had yet to be decided, so I added an epilogue on January 2, 2001. With tomorrow’s election looming, I decided to share my story from 16 years ago, with the hope that history does not…
Read More »Election Observations I heard someone say that the worst thing about turning back the clocks last night was that it inserted one more hour between us and the end of this year’s election. As I post this, the polls close in just 62 hours, but who knows when we will…
Read More »Seacoast Mortar, 1862, was used at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania and believed to be one of only twenty-six such Civil War era artillery still in existence. It is installed on the grounds between Lowell City Hall and the Pollard Memorial Library. Congressman John Jacob Rogers presented it to the City of…
Read More »This past Tuesday, the Pawtucket Prism public artwork alongside the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center at the confluence of Pawtucket Canal and Concord River, was re-dedicated on Tuesday. Paul Marion was there and wrote a blog post about the event and its significance. Tony Sampas was also there with…
Read More »(I was unable to watch the meeting live on Tuesday but just caught an archival showing on LTC’s website; here are my notes). Parking Report Councilor Samaras asks if City’s Parking Director will speak about the three strategies in the report: (1) additional garages; (2) parking resource management (using existing…
Read More »Yesterday was the 13th annual Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni Award Reception at the school’s Cyrus Irish Auditorium. The hundreds of family members, friends, public officials, and students who filled the hall for the ceremony were entertained by the Lowell High Band while Air Force Junior ROTC cadets served as…
Read More »Ribbon-cutting at the restored “Pawtucket Prism” (web photo courtesy of Marie Sweeney). From left, Jay Linnehan, Steve Joncas, Paul Marion, Celeste Bernardo, Mayor Edward Kennedy, Jim Campbell, Nancy Donahue, Belinda Juran, Evan Schapiro, and artist Michio Ihara. About 75 people yesterday attended the re-dedication of the “Pawtucket Prism” sculpture by…
Read More »Western Avenue Studios is a small business incubator for Lowell and is said to be the biggest collection of artists in one location east of the Mississippi River. Located in the former Massachusetts Mohair Plush mill building alongside the Pawtucket Canal, Western Avenue Studios is just a short walk from…
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