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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…
Read More »Mayor, city manager and councilors recognize Lowell DPW workers for effort they made in removing snow during this record-breaking winter. Cambodian New Year planning committee addresses the council about upcoming New Year celebration at Lowell Senior Center on April 4th from 9am to 3pm. Also the Cambodian flag raising is…
Read More »Entertainment titan David Geffen will give $100 million to renovate one performance hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The total cost of the project is estimated at $500M. Read the NYTimes story here. While certain individuals in the city and the Greater Lowell community as a whole have…
Read More »During the month of March the life, work and the memory of iconic Lowell writer Jack Kerouac is celebrated. Readings, musical tributes, discussions and walking the loop help commemorate the March 12 (1922) birthday of Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac. From the archive ~ Kerouac logs 2500 words toward finish of his first…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. So Benjamin Netanyahu shamelessly and successfully pandered to Israeli right-wing voters in Tuesday’s election. A politician playing to base emotions and lying to get elected, then changing positions again. How unusual. The hard Right is pleased by his…
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