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After a summer of citizen turmoil surrounding the SLOTS/NO SLOTS issue, it’s surprising that only one seat on the April 5th Tewksbury town election ballot (at least for now) will have challengers – and that’s for the open seat on the Planning Board. At the August Town Meeting – passage of…
Read More »Last week I purposely avoided any mention of Mayor Murphy’s portrait for several reasons. Like the Nativity Scene controversy and to a lesser extent, the controversy over board appointments, I considered it a diversionary tactic used by some to draw attention away from important matter such as the process for…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Music Theatre is back this spring at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Concert Hall with its first production of the year on March 21 and 22. Tickets are available online now. There will be two summer productions this year: Fiddler on the Roof, starring Eddie Mekka (familiar to TV audiences…
Read More »Last night the students of the Lowell High Theatre Troupe took over the Little Theatre to perform three short plays by Lowell’s own Jack Neary before a packed house. The first play, “Talk Back”, featured the director of a play in a post performance question and answer session with the…
Read More »Roger and Soben Pin formerly published the Khmer Post newspaper in Philadelphia before moving to Lowell more than a year ago. In Philadelphia, they routinely held gatherings where members of the city’s Cambodian community and public officials could come together and discuss the issues of concern to the community. Roger…
Read More »Les Bernal of Lawrence is a familiar name in certain political circles of the Merrimack Valley. These days he is the national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, a nonprofit organization opposed to casinos and state lotteries. In today’s New York Times, he takes on the topic of sports betting. Here is his…
Read More »Here are real estate sales from Lowell for the past week: January 27, 2014 – Monday No sales January 28, 2014 – Tuesday 13 Ludlam St for $124,100. Prior sale 2013 foreclosure 491-493 Concord St for $94,500. Prior sale in 2012 for $393,193 168 Sixth St for $200,000. Prior sale…
Read More »Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler was more a man of the world particularly of Great Britain. In fact, he famously stated “I shall be born when and where I want, and I do not choose to be born in Lowell.” Nonetheless, this moody artistic genius gets his…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Women have always played an important role in service to the community and to the Catholic Church. They are at the helm in various Catholic hospital systems, universities and foundations. The great unanswered question for many women is whether they…
Read More »In the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration used the job-creating vehicle of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to employ artists in a marketing campaign called “See America,” which promoted the beauties and treasures of the national parks of America. This year, the Creative Action Network, made up of designers…
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