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This coming Sunday, March 16, 2014, at 10 a.m., I’ll be giving a talk about Lowell in the Civil War at UnchARTed Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell (right next to Edible Arrangements at the corner of Merrimack and Central). The event is in conjunction of an exhibition of…
Read More »Wednesday, April 9, 2014; Discussion, 5 to 7 pm; Reception, 7 to 9.30 pm “Reflections on Peace-Building” is the first-ever gathering of distinguished leaders who have served as the UMass Lowell Dana McLean Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. The scholars will engage in a panel discussion moderated by Marcellette Williams, UMass…
Read More »The council held a special meeting tonight to set the procedure and dates for interviewing candidates for city manager and auditor. Mayor Elliott opens the meeting by saying that the purpose of the public hearing is to discuss traits and characteristics of next city manager Deb Chause, Executive Director of…
Read More »As Curator Ryan Owen delves more into the Lowell Historical Society’s old and diverse collection, he will be reporting about the oddities and curiosities that abound. His most recent find has us remembering an iconic entertainment venue and seeing perhaps the earliest Lowell bobble-head. This is a cross-post from the LHS blog site about the Curator’s latest find.…
Read More »Today is officially Jack Kerouac Day in Massachusetts. It’s the author’s birthday, March 12 (1922). The Governor will issue a proclamation in recognition of the day. The legislature put this on the books in 2001, thanks to state Sen. Moore of Worcester, Lowell’s Statehouse delegation at the time, local citizen…
Read More »The first meeting of the Michael Geary administration. Citation to Sean Harmon for organizing the restoration of the City Council Chambers. Lowell High Headmaster Brian Martin addresses the city council on efforts to restore the Kirk Street clock. Six LHS students working on the project are present. The clock was…
Read More »Back in November at the annual meeting of Lowell Telecommunications Corporation, I had the opportunity to meet Gary Bergeron who won the LTC 2013 Innovator award for his documentary BASTA which was entirely produced at LTC. Gary is a victim of the clergy abuse scandal and BASTA documents his journey…
Read More »Irish Cultural Week kicked off yesterday with a mass at St. Patrick Church followed by a parade to City Hall for the raising of the Irish flag and the laying of a wreath at the Irish monument on Cardinal O’Connell Parkway (above). Events continue this week with a showing of…
Read More »UMass Lowell history professor and economic analyst Bob Forrant yesterday contributed an op-ed essay to the Eagle-Tribune newspaper of Greater Lawrence. In the piece, Bob makes a case for this being a turn-around moment in Lawrence based on positive facts, which are chipping away at the standard negative perception of…
Read More »The Party Band (Web photo by Anne Cook courtesy of Party Band Facebook page) The Party Band Announces Release of Debut Album Transcendenta Street-Friendly, 24-Piece Brass Band from Lowell, Mass., Drops First Album on Mar. 29 at Local Music Festival The River Hawk Party Band (know to locals as The…
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