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Nancy Pitkin sent the following about an upcoming selection of the Pollard Memorial Library’s nonfiction book group: Father John’s Medicine is engraved in the lintel of one of the many renovated historic buildings in Lowell on Market Street and is now apartments. I’d always assumed that the name for Fr.…
Read More »John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: Some public policies seem to contradict what would serve the public good. This column explains why that can happen. It has nothing to do with political parties. It is not…
Read More »Years ago, I wrote a rhyming poem about an incident at Bunker Hill described in Silas Coburn’s “History of Dracut.” The story is that Captain Peter Coburn of Dracut led a company of men from his town in the battle. He was shot by the British three times, in the…
Read More »Today is the 240th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The battle is noteworthy because it was the first major engagement between the colonial militia and the British troops. Eight weeks earlier, an intense fight had occurred at Lexington, Concord and on the route back to Boston, but while…
Read More »Reaching back into the archive ~ While later today we will remember the 150th anniversary of the dedication of Lowell’s Ladd and Whitney Monument, we will also remember that today June 17 is “Bunker Hill Day” ~ Bunker Hill Day marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, also known…
Read More »Lowell Walks/Public Art by Rosemary Noon At the invitation of Dick Howe, my husband, Paul, and I led a group of 110 people on a 90-minute tour of the Lowell Public Art Collection this past Saturday morning. It was the second installment in the Lowell Walks series for the summer.…
Read More »Jim Peters shares another story about Lowell during the Civil War: In the midst of the fighting in 1862, the Lowell School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools decided that they had to beef up the educational system in Lowell. The most colorful reason for this emanated from the Mayor…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Take a yellow legal pad. Draw a line down the middle. Put Hillary Clinton’s pluses on one side and minuses on the other. The symmetry is disturbing. Let’s start with the good stuff. I confess to a…
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Lowell Walks Thanks to Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon for the lively and insightful stories they shared during yesterday’s Lowell Walk. Thanks also to the 110+ people who participated which is up substantially from the 81 who attended last week’s inaugural walk on historic preservation. Today’s tour was on Lowell’s…
Read More »The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: June 8, 2015 – Monday 257-259 South St Unit 2 for $280,000. New condo 88 Prescott St Unit 4A for $395,000. Prior sale in 2012 for $320,000 7 Harris Ave for $260,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $299,500 137-139…
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