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While most in Lowell enjoy the lead up to Christmas, the city was smacked by two separate shootings in the past 48 hours. The first, at 49 Second Street in Centralville at about 8 pm on Wednesday (Dec 18) night, resulted in the murder of a man living in an…
Read More »This essay was first heard on the former “Sunrise” radio program of WUML, 91.5 FM, at UMass Lowell. Executive producer Chris Dunlap assembled writers in the area for the daily essay feature, a popular component of the morning public affairs show. I shared this essay with readers of this blog for…
Read More »The weather forecasters seemed to get yesterday’s storm just about right: one burst at lunchtime, a lull of a couple of hours, and then the heaviest stuff from 3 pm until 10 pm. Sure enough, I went out at 9 pm and used the snow blower to clear the driveway…
Read More »On this snowy night, from Alaska comes a poem with a snowy owl, courtesy of our desk in the West manned by Tom Sexton. Here’s a Lowell memory for our readers. For those who don’t know, Tom Sexton is a distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School and former Poet Laureate…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Elizabeth Warren insists she is not running for President, most recently this past Sunday on Channel 5′s On the Record program. This is a good thing. There’s been too much bandwagon buzz about a possible…
Read More »Ed. Note: Last Friday night at the Nelson Mandela Memorial event at the Lowell Community Charter Public School, Fru Nkimbeng eloquently reminded everyone that Africa is a complex continent made up of many unique countries and cultures. Too often we here in America who do not have direct ties to…
Read More »The Christmas Fruitcake: An Ageless Tradition by Henri Marchand A note from the author: Like its subject this essay has been around, appearing first as a Sunrise radio essay, re-wrapped as a “Guest Column” piece in the Sun and showing up on this blog for the past few years. At…
Read More »Along with Henri Marchand’s “fruitcake” essay, the re-appearance of this poem has become part of the Christmas tradition for this blog. I wrote the first draft of this poem in 1976, and worked on it on-and-off for a long time. I had in mind the extensive outdoor lighting displays in Dracut (the…
Read More »If you’re anxious for spring to arrive so you can join a tour of historic Lowell Cemetery, you can get a preview tomorrow (Tuesday, December 17, 2013) at the Lowell Senior Center. That’s when I’ll give a presentation on the Lowell Cemetery at NOON. It’s free and everyone is invited.…
Read More »State Senator Eileen Donoghue is hosting an event to benefit the Sun Santa Fund on Monday, December 16, 2013 at La Boniche Restaurant, 143 Merrimack Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations may be made payable to “The Sun Santa Fund.”
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