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For the Fourth of July, Independence Day, here’s a poem from the nation’s capital. I wrote this prose poem after a family trip to Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2004. There were John Kerry-for-President signs in the windows. GOP posters for “W,” too. Barack Obama was a figure on…
Read More »It’s no secret that I’m a longtime admirer and supporter of Marty Meehan. From Lowell High School days when Marty was sitting in my English class and dashing about as a student leader to later years when after being on opposing sides in a Democratic congressional primary we became work…
Read More »Web photo courtesy of Yelp.com Thursday, July 7, 6.00 to 8.00 p.m., at HyperText Bookstore Cafe, 107 Merrimack St. Free and open to all. This program is part of the Downtown First Thursdays arts and business series. Short fiction, long fiction, nonfiction, poetry, the whole literary bag. Writers reading: Walter…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s hard not to be elated by the Supreme Court’s five-to-three ruling today on the Texas abortion law H.B.2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said it all in her one paragraph concurring opinion. The law dictated that an…
Read More »It was sad to say farewell to Warren Carey last Friday afternoon. But, the Funeral Mass at St. William’s in Tewksbury was joyous, thoughtful, prayerful, music-filled and full of remembrance from Fr. Dwight Hoeberechts, OMI, the celebrant who blended the traditional Catholic homily with “notes” about Warren gleaned from his own…
Read More »Remembering World War One Yesterday I participated in the re-dedication of Cupples Square which is “the junction of Pine, Westford, Loring, and Hastings Streets” in the Highlands. Originally dedicated in October 1923, the square memorializes US Army Lieutenant Lorne Cupples, a resident of the neighborhood who was killed in action…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: June 20, 2016 – Monday 31 Merrill St for $85,000. Prior sale in 1997 for $20,100 150 Aeropolis Rd for $350,000. Prior sale in 2010 for $253,007 451 Pine St for $313,275. Prior sale in 1983 23 Short St…
Read More »Last Thursday, the people of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. John Wooding, a native of England and a professor of political science at UMass Lowell for many years, shared on Facebook his thoughts on the Brexit vote outcome. John, who has contributed a number of articles to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Fasten your seatbelts. The ride’s going to get even bumpier. A word that few on this side of the pond had heard six months ago may portend greater troubles in the United States. Brexit, shorthand for the…
Read More »This is the third in a series of columns by John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election. The first column, “The 100 Percent,” appeared on May 16, 2016; the second, “Voodoo Two,” on May 23, 2016. In 1987,…
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