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The chair of the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, Matt Hanson, has launched a new effort to better inform residents of the town about what took place during meetings of the Board of Selectmen. After each such meeting, he plans to do a short video summary of what occurred during the…
Read More »This is the second of a series of posts that look at the voters of Lowell. The first broke down all registered voters by gender, party and age. This one will do the same for the 9500 or so people who voted in the 2011 city election. One caveat: I’m…
Read More »“164 Orleans Street” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 [drawing, c. 1980] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »For quite a while now there has been a Facebook page – along with some similar versions – devoted to remembering Lowell. It’s now called “You know Your from Lowell When…” It has linked “Lowellians” from far and wide to friends, classmates, old neighbors, school alums, former fellow workers,…
Read More »The prestigious Library of America series now includes two volumes of the short stories of John Updike. Born in Pennsylvania, but a long time resident of our region of Massachusetts, John Updike was awarded an honorary degree by UMass Lowell (University of Lowell) in the 1980s. He also gave a…
Read More »I spent some time this weekend with the Lowell voter database. Here are some numbers as of January 1, 2013: Total registered voters – 54,943 Number of male voters – 26,771 (49%) Number of female voters – 27,978 (51%) Democrats – 22,005 (40%) Republicans – 4,827 (9%) Unenrolled – 27,731…
Read More »Did you catch the news last week that the Boston Globe is being sold? John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox purchased the paper from the New York Times Company which had owned the Globe since 1993. Included in the sale were the websites boston.com and BostonGlobe.com…
Read More »One more bit of commentary about the notion of distinctive cities or particular heritage sites as works of art in themselves. Cultural critic Lucy Lippard mentions Lowell’s national park in her book about the power of special places, The Lure of the Local. The following passage is from my manuscript…
Read More »” “Yellow Arches” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 [drawing, 2008] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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