Here’s some information about a two-day long “weekend design workshop” that will take place on Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16 at the Armand P. Mercier Community Center in Lowell. The cost to attend is $100. The workshop is an Introduction to Urban Permaculture. The flyer below has all…
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The Pollard Memorial Library is in possession of nearly one hundred original “Birds of America” prints by John James Audubon that were purchased back in 1880. Now, the Library has invested in the archival framing of several of these prints. These will be unveiled at an event on November 5,…
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Book Launch. Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, Lowell MA. October 15, 2014.
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Thank you to everyone who last night attended or wanted to attend (but could not) the book launch for ‘Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park.” We had a big crowd at the National Park Visitor Center. UTEC provided the food. Park staff made all the…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Today Boston Herald Editorial Page Editor Shelley Cohen has a heartfelt and candid apology for the racist cartoon it published showing President Obama in his bathroom squeezing toothpaste onto his toothbrush while a White House intruder looks on from…
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Congratulations to co-blogger Paul Marion for the very successful launch event for his new book, Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park tonight at the National Park Visitor Center. The VC theater was packed with well-wishers who heard several people whose interviews are prominently featured from…
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Governor Deval Patrick traveled to Lowell (again) yesterday to deliver the $15mil needed for the reconstruction of the Lord Overpass. This infrastructure work is critical to the success of the entire Hamilton Canal District, particularly the Judicial Center. Standing in the open lot at the end of Jackson Street that…
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Presentation by Lowell National Park Superintendent Celeste Bernardo and Paul Marion, author of Mill Power, a new book about the creation and legacy of the Lowell National Park. Each councilor has been presented a copy of the book. Since 1978 Lowell has received $275 million just from the Department of…
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White tips on the close-cropped sloping lawns of the Common this morning before the sun is full up. Trees coming to total change, some of them most of the way there. Saturated crimson crown near the corner of Thorndike and Highland. Big honking candy-corn orange maple blasts color near the…
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