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Today we reach into the archive to remember Edith Nourse Rogers who until last year held the record as the longest serving member of Congress. Respected by both sides of the aisle, Mrs. Rogers served the Fifth District with a focus on her constituents particularly the Veterans. This seat (now…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) back from a summer break, anticipating the Mass Dems convention next week and eager to talk politics – will meet this coming Saturday morning September 12, 2015 at 8:00am/SHARP in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Please note this is earlier in…
Read More »Amy Bisson shares some observations from her walk in downtown Lowell yesterday: This short path forms a connection between Riverwalk Way and the Lawrence Dam/Lawrence Wasteway. On one side are the Renaissance on the River buildings (formerly Lawrence Manufacturing) and on the other, Perkins Residences/Lofts. What was surprising was the number of…
Read More »Motion by Councilors Mercier and Samaras for the Council to pass a resolution in favor of the state divesting from fossil fuel companies. A number of speakers urge the council to support the divestment resolution. Councilor Mercier gives and impassioned speech urging the council to support this and warning of…
Read More »Here’s another photo and post by Amy Bisson. The Northern Canal Walkway has been quite accessible this summer, but even so, whenever I see the gates open, I like to take advantage of this quiet walk. The Merrimack River is normally rock-strewn at this point; this summer the water levels…
Read More »About 15 years ago we departed Lowell for a week-long family hiking trip to Arcadia State Park in Maine and helped the long drive pass more quickly by listening to a book on tape. Our selection was perfect for the occasion: A Walk in the Woods, a 1998 best-seller by…
Read More »With all the walking and talking about walking going on in the city, I thought I’d share this poem from 1984, which originally appeared in my book STRONG PLACE: POEMS ’74-’84 and was reprinted in WHAT IS THE CITY? in 2006. In the ’80s, I had a Sunday routine of…
Read More »At the New Bedford Whaling Museum yesterday, Rosemary and I found in the gift shop a collectible mug whose design features about 20 memorable first lines of books, including Melville’s “Call me Ishmael.” from MOBY DICK, which is why they had it on sale, but the mug also had “I…
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School’s Back School began this week in Lowell, both Lowell Public and UMass Lowell. I know UMass is back because the biggest education news of this week was the escape of some biology professor’s tarantula. Watching New England Cable News the other morning, old friend Latoya Edwards teased an upcoming…
Read More »Earlier this summer I noticed that Amy Bisson, a friend who had just retired from teaching at Lowell’s Lincoln Elementary School, was regularly posting photos of Lowell that she took while walking around. I asked her this weekend if she would be willing to share some of her photographs and…
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