On behalf of my colleagues at the richardhowe.com blog, I want to share our condolences and thoughts today with our senior editor and publisher, Dick Howe, Jr., and his entire family. Mr. Howe, Sr., will be remembered as an exemplary family man, excellent attorney, Lowell champion, star baseball player, and…
With the days getting shorter and pumpkins and mums showing up at farmstands, I thought it was time to re-run this prose poem about the fall, time, and a sense of community. The setting is Shaw Farm in Dracut about twenty-five years ago.—PM . Bottled Milk All seems right on…
Join us for the fall Lowell Cemetery tours tomorrow (Friday, September 25) at 1 pm and Saturday (September 26) at 10 am. The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery, are free, last about 90 minutes, and involve a moderate amount of walking.
Another Lowell picture and post from Amy Bisson: Located at the corner of Nesmith and Andover Streets, I first noticed this little park from my car. Originally named Washington Square Park, it was renamed for Captain Paul Kitteridge, a Lowell native who died during World War I. Here’s a link to details…
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Today’s Boston Globe reports on the naming of former Olympic Gold Medal winner Tenley Albright to the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Albright’s is a wonderful story of accomplishment, from polio victim to champion ice skater to Harvard Medical…
Last night, students from the UMass Lowell Honors College First-Year Seminar in all things Lowell went on the road in Kerouac’s Lowell. I teach one section of the 22 sections of this required course in the Honors College. Nearly 400 students are learning about Lowell in a directed way this…
Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate consulting firm, previously was an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. He shares the following essay: This is another entry in a series about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things. Feel…
CBA Gorham Street Apartments Congratulations to Coalition for a Better Acre which held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its Gorham Street Apartments on Thursday. I was sure to attend because I’ve felt connected to this project from the day it started, mostly because it is right across the street from…
Amy Bisson shared this photo and post with us yesterday: About a year ago, there was a rumor that this section of the Riverwalk was to be completed. What seems to be missing are the railings, but there are possibly other structural features needed to make this section of the…
September 14, 2015 – Monday 1431 Pawtucket Blvd Unit B-20 for $194,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $165,000 67 5th Ave for $199,000. Prior sale in 1963 42 Rockingham Ave for $318,500. Prior sale in 2010 for $253,000 97 Durant St for $251,300. Prior sale in 2011 for $212,175 September…
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