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Bill Moyers & Michael Winship on the Republican Party’s Destructiveness
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a link to a political opinion piece here, but this new column by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship deserves attention.
Read More »Changes at the Mogan Center
In a notice sent yesterday, UMass Lowell Library Director George Hart announced the retirement of longtime librarian Martha Mayo who for many years has overseen the university’s Center for Lowell History which is located in the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in downtown Lowell. Martha Mayo…
Read More »Under the Lowell Connector Walk
This Saturday at noon you will have a unique opportunity to take a guided walk underneath the Lowell Connector. Sponsored by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust and led by its executive director, Jane Calvin, this walk will trace the intended path of the extension of the Bruce Freeman Trail.…
Read More »Early Colonial “Lowell”
Yesterday I posted a review of Massacre on The Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America by Methuen’s Jay Atkinson. Duston’s story is put in the context of the violence and uncertainty in this part of New England at the end of the seventeenth century. There are many…
Read More »“Massacre on the Merrimack” by Jay Atkinson
I was up late last night, not to watch the Patriots but to finish reading Massacre on the Merrimack, Jay Atkinson’s excellent new book about Hannah Duston and her encounter with Abenaki warriors along the bank of the Merrimack River in March 1697. The 39 year old Duston had just…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: November 29, 2015
Citywide Parent Council Revival A meeting of a revived Citywide Parent Council of the Lowell Public Schools will be held this coming Monday, November 30, 2015, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Robinson School at 110 June Street in Lowell. (see Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/1518314988493770/). This is an…
Read More »Slip Slidin’ at the South Common
I almost fell down this morning on the blacktop oval on the floor of the South Common when I slipped on a patch of ice that I didn’t see because I was looking up at the “1874” on the front of the Eliot Church at the top of the northern…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate sales: week of November 23, 2015
The following real estate sales occurred in Lowell this past week: November 23, 2015 – Monday 373 Aiken Ave Unit 8 for $122,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $101,000 204 Crawford St for $302,500. Prior sale in 2000 for $190,000 315 Plain St for $50,000. Prior sale in 1952 171…
Read More »Local Heroes Made a Splash in Lowell
By Fred Faust Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate brokerage and consulting firm, previously was an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. He shares the following essay: This is another entry in a series about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative…
Read More »Turkey shoots down plane – and other Thanksgiving thoughts by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Finally, the bird gets even. This is clearly a step beyond the President’s annual commuting of the Thanksgiving turkey’s death sentence. “Turkey shoots down Russian warplane near Syrian border.” But no, it’s not the revenge of the…
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