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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…
Read More »Once again this year from the Atlantic Coast desk of this estimable hyper-local blog we are looking forward to dispatches about the fizzy goings-on on Martha’s Vineyard during the height of vacation season. Our far-flung correspondent, who has come a long way from Pawtucketville, is Ray LaPorte, late of the…
Read More »It’s here. Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park. The publisher is offering the hardcover edition for $45, a 40% discount if ordered directly from the publisher. Link here to the discount order form.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Times have changed for Sixth district Congressman John Tierney, and things are looking good. This, though he faces a rerun of the 2012 challenge from Republican Richard Tisei and, in the September primary, four challengers within his own party. Tierney…
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