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Yesterday, I was doing some writing work and needed a short break to clear my head a bit. In light of the recent tragic passing of Robin Williams, I decided to watch a few videos of him in his early years. I was blown away…perhaps I forgot just how brilliant…
Read More »Attorney Arthur L. Eno, Jr. – Lou or Louis to most member of the Lowell Bar – was laid to rest today after a classy and dignified committal service at the chapel of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Chelmsford, an institution he helped create. The priest who performed the service in…
Read More »A few weeks back Charlie and I decided to take a trip to see where George Washington “crossed the Delaware River” on Christmas Night 1776. Washington’s Crossing Parks are located in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Actually, I’m not really sure this destination was tops on Charlie’s list of places…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A gorgeous day and a cruise of Boston Harbor celebrates how far we have come in creating a world class destination. A two-hour sail on the 80-foot schooner Adirondack III is a treat accessible to everyone from Rowes Wharf. …
Read More »August 4, 2014 – Monday 56 Gardner Ave Unit B for $158,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $195,000 36 Burlington Ave for $1,575,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $1.500,000 August 5, 2014 – Tuesday 55 Wollaston St for $289,000. Prior sale in 1969 15 South Canton St for $105,000. Prior…
Read More »At the same time as City Manager Kevin Murphy was stating that his “number one priority was making downtown Lowell a college town” I was pulling into Williamstown, Massachusetts for a few days. Williamstown, 120 miles west of Lowell, is tucked into the northwest corner of Massachusetts and borders New…
Read More »Taken from comments by people in the FB Group “You Know Your’e From Lowell …,” here’s a list of some of the bands that played in the 1960s and ’70s at the legendary night spot and dance hall on Thorndike Street, now long gone. Vanilla Fudge The Buckinghams Cream with…
Read More »On this day August 9, 1852, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden; or, Life in the Woods” was published. “Walden” details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years living in a woodland cabin he built near Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Notes about the author from The Thoreau Society – which…
Read More »Publishing a list is risky because the content is always limited, however, as we have seen in the Market Basket crisis there are times when you have to stick your neck out (cue the giraffe). August is a time when a lot of people slow down and take time off…
Read More »“BY TODD PITMAN AND SOPHENG CHEANG, ASSOCIATED PRESS, PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1970s…
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