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I learned this poem from a friend in the mid-1970s. We were part of a bi-weekly writing workshop at the Andover, Mass., public library called The Poets’ Lab. The group stayed together for three or four years, branching out to do readings in most of the towns and cities in…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. There’s no doubt that Hillary Clinton will be the most experienced Presidential wannabe in either party – when she announces her candidacy. But the lead-up to her announcement has been dogged by missteps and reminders of why people don’t…
Read More »Real estate sales in Lowell from last week. Sorry it’s later than usual. March 23, 2015 – Monday 16 Floyd St for $188,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $122,000 18 Pine Hill St Unit 2 for $168,900. Prior sale in 1987 for $109,900 March 24, 2015 – Tuesday 19 Andrews…
Read More »Several procedural votes allowing sidewalk seating for downtown restaurant, etc. “Minor change to Acre plan” to incorporate Lord Overpass. Craig Thomas from DPD explains that this is the existing Lord Overpass plan. A small portion of it, the intersection at Fletcher Street, is within the boundaries of the existing Acre…
Read More »The Chair of Massachusetts Democratic Party came to Lowell last evening as part of a series of regional meetings with local and regional Democratic DSC members, local town/ward/city committee chairs and interested Democratic activists. Chairman Tom McGee had already spent a good part of his day with other Democrats…
Read More »With apologies to other cartoon favorites, “Garfield” and his weather reaction is right-on this morning! from ArcaMax
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Walkability and Public Transportation On Friday I had a meeting in Boston and for the first time in months commuter rail seemed back to normal. The 8:25am train left Lowell on time and had only an average crowd. When I took that same train a month ago, it was packed…
Read More »Enjoy this cross-post from St. Patrick Church, St. Patrick Cemetery and Acre Irish historian David McKean from his LowellIrish blog as he shares an Easter “Acre Memory” ~ An Acre memory: Easter There was a strict rule in my home on the corner of Broadway and Walker that you can’t…
Read More »Here’s a poem from the vault to go with the Civil War program that my co-blogger Dick will be involved with in April. I wrote this poem after visiting my brother David and his family in south central Virginia in the 1970s. He had recently taken a position as a…
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On Thursday April 9, 2015 at 7 pm, the Pollard Memorial Library will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee to Union forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. Although other Confederate armies fought on for another…
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