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The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin is a lush historical novel about Isabella Stewart Gardner, Belle of Boston, an upper class young woman who refused to limit herself to the cultural norms prescribed by the wealthy social elite of…
Read More »Alison By David Daniel At six p.m. the bar in the hotel lobby in Montego Bay is already busy, revelers tuning up to ring in the New Year. Passing, carrying my suitcase and a large gym bag, I hear someone call my name. Carl and Babs, a couple I got…
Read More »In last week’s newsletter I wrote of the coming confrontation between the Lowell City Council and Sal Lupoli over his failure to commence work on one of the two buildings he had agreed to construct in the Hamilton Canal Innovation District (HCID). The Council’s Economic Development subcommittee heard from Mr.…
Read More »Actually, I almost died four times that summer By Charlie Gargiulo After me and mom finally got kicked out of one of the last apartment buildings left in Little Canada, we got placed in an apartment next door to where our old building still stood, waiting for the wrecking ball…
Read More »Liberty Bonds – (PIP #27) By Louise Peloquin Last week’s peek into the past – “The Franco-Americans of Lowell in the War effort” – mentions World War II government bonds. (1) Twenty-seven years earlier, during World War I, L’Etoile was also encouraging its readership to purchase them. L’Etoile – October 24, 1917…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. If you think today’s headlines are bad, you’re right. We’re dogged by the apparent philosophy of those in my lifelong profession: bad news is good news, and good news is no news at all. Just consider a…
Read More »The Lowell City Council’s Economic Development Subcommittee met on Thursday to review the status of the city’s agreement with Lupoli Companies LLC to develop two buildings and a parking garage within the Hamilton Canal Innovation District. The meeting was not televised live so I didn’t get a chance to see…
Read More »Opening Day By Ed DeJesus My wife and I retired in Fort Myers, FL, home of the Red Sox spring training games played at Jet Blue Park, AKA Fenway South. With dimensions identical to Fenway Park, including the height of the Green Monster, the distance from home plate to all…
Read More »Starting Baseball in Haverhill, 1961 By Mike McCormick I was standing on the grass behind our back door when Dad emerged with a baseball glove and ball. “I got this for you,” he said as he handed it to me. “Try it on, see if it fits.” I slipped the…
Read More »“The Franco-Americans of Lowell in the War Effort” – (PIP #26) By Louise Peloquin France is in effervescence preparing the Olympics and Paralympics to be held from July 26th to August 11th and from August 28th to September 8th, the third time Paris hosts the summer games. The first…
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