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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It has been nearly a century since the New York Times published an editorial on its front page. It didn’t do so during the Great Depression, the Holocaust or the Vietnam War. Today, in the wake of…
Read More »I saw Spotlight yesterday at the Lowell Cinema. It’s a very powerful film. The story is well-known but the movie still generated an incredible amount of suspense. While the core of the story is the clergy sexual abuse scandal, the movie is mostly about how it was covered up for…
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Underneath the Connector Early in the week I noticed a mention of an upcoming event of Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust. Here’s what it said: Take a Tour…Under the Connector?! When: Saturday, December 5, 2015, 12PM YES! LP&CT Executive Director Jane Calvin will be leading an exploration under the Lowell…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell this past week November 30, 2015 – Monday 40 Sheldon St for $200,000. Prior sale in 1951 65 Stevens St for $260,000. Prior sale in 2015 for $162,000 694 Westford St for $296,500. Prior sale in 2003 for $279,900 77 Glenmere…
Read More »Jim Peters shares some memories of his life in Lowell: As a young child, I wanted to be an architect, but I lacked the motor skills to paint a clear picture, and I was told by my father that I could not do that because of my Mathematics grades. Mathematics…
Read More »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 »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 »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 »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 »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…
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