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It was Irish Cultural Week 2014 in Lowell. As the family prepared for his wake and funeral Paul Sheehy’s voice was heard at The Acre Forum as he recalled growing up in his beloved Acre. As St. Patrick’s Church filled with hundreds of family, friends, colleagues and admirers to mourn, celebrate and…
Read More »City Manager Selection Process At noontime on Monday Bernie Lynch walked out of Lowell City Hall and ended his seven plus year tenure as Lowell City Manager. At 12:01 the Michael Geary administration began. The will be short-lived because Geary did not apply for the position on a permanent basis…
Read More »Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, I lived in a mostly French-Canadian ethnic world. Two sets of my first-cousins had an Irish-American mother and father respectively. St. Patrick’s Day for my father meant a green tie with a shamrock for Mass on the Sunday closest to March 17. My…
Read More »“Hurd Street Movers” by Richard Marion [original, 1979] (c) 2014 Click on the image to see it larger. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Here are real estate sales in Lowell for the past week: March 10, 2014 – Monday 70 Fourth Ave for $50,000. Title acquired from tax taking 42 Wellesley Ave for $290,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $289,000 March 11, 2014 – Tuesday 1021 Middlesex St Unit 2 for $155,000. Prior…
Read More »Today March 15, is the infamous Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman Senators led by Brutus and Cassius. The murder became the subject of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Consequently, most high school students readily remember the eerie…
Read More »Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is tomorrow / SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be tomorrow Saturday March 15, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. (Some members may be leaving to attend Paul…
Read More »Back on March 16, 2009, I did a blog post entitled “Red or Gray?” It got quite a few comments. Here’s the original post plus some of the comments. Hopefully more comments (and recipes) will be added in 2014: By Dick on March 16, 2009 Even though corned beef is…
Read More »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…
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