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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…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Our friends in Paris are safe: “shocked, sad, anxious, but safe.” But also angry, en colère. A lot of their children’s friends and school mates were injured; a university friend, 21 years old, is dead. Here at home,…
Read More »Vote to appoint a City Auditor. Councilor Leahy instead moves to repost the position. Councilor Belanger says he supports the motion but says we should emphasize that in addition to the stated salary, it includes a $4500 stipend for being on the retirement board. Councilor Kennedy concurs with these suggestions…
Read More »Last evening (November 16, 2015), the city of Lowell’s Department of Planning and Development held a public meeting at the Senior Center on the Lord Overpass Redevelopment project. More than 100 residents attended. The meeting opened with remarks by City Manager Kevin Murphy, State Senator Eileen Donoghue, and State Representative…
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This coming Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 10 am at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, will be the official launch of my new book, “Lowell: Images of Modern America.” The book uses nearly 200 color photos to tell the story of Lowell from 1950 to the present…
Read More »6 pm at the Lowell Senior Center. Public meeting on the future of the Lord Overpass and vicinity. Please attend.
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