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Topps baseball card, 1966 set.
Read More »Save the dates: Lowell Cemetery tours
We’ve set the dates for the Spring 2014 tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. They are as follows: Friday May 9, 2014 at 1 pm Saturday May 10, 2014 at 10 am Friday May 16, 2014 at 1 pm Saturday May 17, 2014 at 10 am These tours all begin inside…
Read More »Book Launch: French Canadian-American History in Lowell
Rev. Lucien Sawyer, O.M.I., will be signing copies of St. Jean Baptiste Parish and the Franco Americans of Lowell, Mass. at St. Joseph the Worker Shrine on Lee Street this Saturday, Feb. 8, at 1 p.m. Rev. Sawyer translated into English the original French text by Father Richard Santerre. Rev.…
Read More »Help ‘Lowell Makes’ build a wood shop
From the moment I first heard of the concept of a “maker space” I was intrigued and thought it would be a perfect fit for Lowell. One of the basic pillars of the city’s prominence in 19th century America was the propensity of its citizens to excel in the mechanical…
Read More »Maura Healey for AG in Lowell
Maura Healey, a candidate for Attorney General of Massachusetts, came to Lowell last evening for the Democratic State Committee meeting at Lowell High School and then for a house party at the home of Nancy and Richard Pitkin. The house party was a great success with a diverse crowd of…
Read More »A Fun Bazaar at Mill No. 5
Last Saturday I visited Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street for “Love Buzz”, a pre-Valentine’s Day shopping and entertainment bazaar at a great new Lowell venue. I’m a great fan of Western Ave and the other artist outlets in the city and was pleased to discover that the retail outlets…
Read More »Does moral turpitude negate high art or sports accomplishments? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No mistake about it. Woody Allen’s latest movie, Blue Jasmine, was deserving of an Oscar nomination, especially for Cate Blanchett’s performance. Allen also recently won lifetime achievement recognition in the Golden Globes. This is more troubling. Allen is…
Read More »Farewell, Joyce Denning, One of the Great Teachers at UMass Lowell
There was a disturbance in the educational force this week when Joyce Denning passed away. She was Professor Joyce Denning of the Political Science Department at UMass Lowell. I am one of the lucky ones who can say she was my teacher. There are hundreds of us. Thousands. She is…
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Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »“Is College Worth It” by John Edward
John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: Parents considering spending a quarter of a million dollars must wonder. Graduates saddled with debt must think about it. UMass Lowell just launched an advertising campaign based on…
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