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One of the presenters at this week’s Massachusetts Digital Government Summit was Mark Racine, the Chief Information Officer of the Boston Public Schools (and a former 5th grade teacher. The title of his talk was Education Technologies Today and Tomorrow and my notes on his remarks are below. Yesterday I…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor-elect Charlie Baker said in no uncertain terms that “now is not the time to be talking about pay increases on Beacon Hill.” No doubt a majority of the public agrees with him. The trouble is: There’s never…
Read More »On Monday and Tuesday of this week I attended the 20th annual Massachusetts Digital Government Summit which was held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. There was much discussion of the latest trends in the use of technology by city and state governments. Below are my notes from some…
Read More »Jay Mason of 350MA of Greater Lowell shares the following: To all friends of 350MA of Greater Lowell: DIVEST LOWELL: Request for a motion regarding a resolution for divestment from fossil fuel investments. Come to Lowell City Council meeting on Tuesday, 12/9, 6:30pm. Help us support this important policy breakthrough!!…
Read More »Tonight, I will be at the Pollard Memorial Library on Merrimack Street next to City Hall at 7 pm, talking about “Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park.” The format is brief remarks, a short reading, and then questions-and-answers. “Mill Power” ($25) is available at the National Park…
Read More »Number of votes including one accepting a $1.6 million grant from the Federal government for expansion of the trolley system. Craig Thomas from DPD gives an update. One expansion will run from downtown through Hamilton Canal District to the Gallagher Terminal. The second expansion will connect the North and South…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Where has all the outcry gone? Last April, when the radical jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, politicians and celebrities here and abroad protested their treacherous act. “Where are our girls?” became the social media cause de jour, but…
Read More »The late Nelson Mandela with Christo Brand (web photo courtesy of nelsonmandela.org) UMass Lowell’s Office of the Provost cordially invites the community to a special event on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in Moloney Hall at University Crossing featuring Christo Brand, author of “Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend.” Brand was Nelson Mandela’s…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares the following on some Lowell history: I have been asked to write my meanderings on something other than my meanderings, so I took them at their word and am writing about the meanderings of three, not well-known, souls who once meandered through Lowell before dying.…
Read More »Thanks to the Lowell National Historical Park for the reminder that on this day December 1, 1831, Lowell High opened its doors. As a former member of the faculty, I proudly salute Lowell High School for One-Hundred and Eighty-Three years of service and dedication to the students of Lowell –…
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