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Fred Faust recently visited Savannah, Georgia, and compared historic preservation efforts in light of ongoing discussions occurring in Lowell about balancing preservation and business needs. Here are his observations: Despite climate and geography, Savannah, Georgia, and Lowell, Massachusetts, share a lot in common. Both cities’ early industries were dependent upon…
Read More »At the recent Distinguished Alumni induction ceremony, Bob Kilmartin (LHS Class of 1976), one of the honorees, mentioned having an “open campus” at Lowell High during his time there. Many current Lowell residents are unfamiliar with the “open campus” experiment so I asked Jim Peters, whose father Wayne Peters, was…
Read More »I just returned from a weekend trip to New York City, something that has become an annual family event in recent years. Here are some observations: Getting There: This trip we rode a bus to NYC and it was a great experience that I highly recommend. C&J Bus Lines from…
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor and former Congressman Marty Meehan has a seat at the table on Governor-elect Charlie Baker,’s “transition team.” No surprise here. Having a reasonable, reliably “old style” Northeast Republican in the Massachusetts corner office will suit Meehan and his agenda just fine. In fact, Meehan’s access and influence…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Most of us probably find ourselves somewhere around the center of contemporary political thought, whether it’s to the right of center or left of center. Our movement in elections often determine outcomes, and we’re usually out of touch with…
Read More »Congratulations to Enterprise Bank for another wonderful Celebration of Excellence event last night at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Congratulations also to those who were recognized for their contributions to the community with Excellence awards. The recipients were: Entrepreneur of the Year: Nancy Chippendale of Nancy Chippendale’s Dance Studios of North…
Read More »Please allow me to be very personal this morning. Veterans Day is a time for remembering. In our families there are so many men and women who served the country – in wartime, in the eras of war and in peacetime. In our own extended family the service ranges from…
Read More »Some observations from Jim Peters: I have not written about the meanderings of my mind for quite a while. It is probably time that I do so. I was thinking of how peaceful it is in Lowell’s politic since Kevin Murphy became City Manager. Kevin definitely knew how…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. This fall marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at U.C. Berkeley, a pivotal moment in the history of student activism and political organizing that laid the groundwork for the antiwar movement and other social causes. …
Read More »Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares this story about government censorship with a Lowell connection: As Lowell Historic Preservation Commission’s representative on the Kerouac Committee, I…
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