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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 her memories of the 1950s . . . “The Un-Fabulous Fifties or How I Became Beat” by Julie Mofford Years…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. In terms of congressional financing, the cat is public disclosure. Given the do-nothing Congress’ indifference to its abysmal public image, I probably shouldn’t be shocked that the House has just…
Read More »The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association organized a candlelight vigil and prayer service this evening in memory of the seven victims of this morning’s fire at 77 Branch Street. Tonight’s event began at 5:30 pm with a gathering at Pailin City which is just a short distance on Branch Street from…
Read More »Our thoughts and prayers are with those suffering in Lowell tonight. To help survivors of the Branch Street fire and the families of our seven neighbors who died in the fire, donations can be made by sending a check or money order to “Branch Street Fire Victims Relief Fund,”Jeanne D’Arc…
Read More »Just two years ago we were noting that nationally-known columnist George Will was weighing-in on the brouhaha surrounding the perhaps “infamous” Motel Caswell located on Rte. 38 in Tewksbury. The family-owned business in operation for over fifty years had become the focus of a planned take-over by the feds –…
Read More »(Rules suspended to take several items early). Vote authorizing city manager to execute a lease with UMass Lowell for 125 parking spaces on Fr. Morissette Blvd. They will be used by UMass Lowell Monday thru Friday, used by staff people primarily from the University Crossing facility (former St Joseph’s Hospital).…
Read More »Henry and John Thoreau took themselves on a two-week boat trip up the Concord and Merrimack Rivers at the end of the summer in 1839. Henry wrote a book about their adventure, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, published in 1849; he paid for it to be published…
Read More »On July 2, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed in to law the Land Grant Act passed by Congress in June to provide funding for higher education. The bill was also known as the Morrill Act, named after its sponsor, Congressman Justin Morrill of Vermont. The measure gave every state, including…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For real escape through summer reading, there’s no substitute for fiction. Here are a few books worth sharing. My top read this past year was The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. A 13-year-old boy in Manhattan survives a terrorist…
Read More »This weekend I finished reading a book that I ordered several months ago after learning about the author, Englishman Geoff Dyer, in a Paris Review interview. The book is The Missing of the Somme, published in 1994, but which has resurfaced in discussions this summer because of the centennial of World…
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