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Jim Peters shares another essay in his series on the history of education in Lowell: By the late 1860’s, Lowell had a large part of its population in school. People signed up for night courses in the hundreds and for day courses in the thousands. This was a marvelous…
Read More »The council recognizes and commends six Lowell Firefighters for being honored yesterday by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for their efforts on the evening of July 10, 2014 at the Branch Street fire. Councilor Mercier says people tell her that there are fewer police walking or bicycling. Chief Taylor explains that…
Read More »The Lowell Social Media Conference has been held at LTC on the first Saturday of December for the past few years. I had planned to do that again this year, but with Lowell Walks and the recent publication of my new book, Lowell: Images of Modern America , I thought…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: November 16, 2015 – Monday 115 Draper St for $330,000. Prior sale in 1979 November 17, 2015 – Tuesday 26 Boylston Ln Unit 26 for $165,000. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure November 18, 2015 – Wednesday 75 Gates St Unit…
Read More »The following is by Jim Peters: Voltaire said, “I had more sense than to contest with him, since there is no possibility of convincing an enthusiast.” I dare say that we all run into people who affect us like that person did to Voltaire. We have other, less nice descriptions…
Read More »This day – November 22, 1963 – and the days that followed are forever etched in my memory and my heart. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, son of Massachusetts, the 35th President of the United States was assassinated in Dallas. From the archive… Death of the President ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy – November…
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It was a busy week in Lowell, perhaps because not much gets scheduled during the upcoming week, the week of Thanksgiving (although if you’re like me, you have a hard time believing that Thanksgiving is just four days away). Lord Overpass Meeting More than 100 people attended the Monday night…
Read More »Amy Bisson watched Wednesday night’s Lowell School Committee meeting and posted a full report on her website. The highlights of what she described as a “packed agenda” included: A discussion on the number of children who live outside of Lowell but attend the Lowell public schools because a parent is…
Read More »One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator Edward Everett – who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State, taught at Harvard University and served as its president – delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National…
Read More »Merrimack Press (whose parent company publishes Merrimack Valley Magazine) has teamed with Mill No. 5 have teamed up to host a monthly author reading and book signing series to take place on Thursday evenings at Mill No. 5. The first event will be tomorrow night (Thursday, November 19, 2015) at…
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