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John F Kennedy’s daughter Caroline makes a speech at the former home of the Kennedy family in Dunganstown, Co Wexford, Ireland, Saturday June 22, 2013. Members of the Kennedy family are gathered in Ireland as part of a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to…
Read More »A fond memory of President John F. Kennedy’s trip to Ireland fifty years ago today – from the blog archive: John F. Kennedy Goes Home ~ Days in Ireland by Marie President John F. Kennedy stands in an open car while a large crowd cheers as the President’s motorcade passes through…
Read More »Flag-raising ceremony at City Hall (web photos courtesy of Jennifer Myers) Thurs. June 27, 6 pm Club Lafayette, 465 Fletcher St, Lowell Learn How to Quadrille. Take a dance lesson from Rita Paquin. Free and open to everyone of any age. No partner needed. Fri., June 28, 6.30 pm Ste.…
Read More »Someone on Twitter this afternoon suggested that if any of the candidates for mayor of Boston had anything unsavory lurking in their backgrounds, today would be a good day to release it since no one would notice given all the other things happening. On Monday we had the Bruins lose…
Read More »At about 9 last evening, the AP called the US Senate special election in Massachusetts for Ed Markey. According to statistics in this morning’s Globe, Markey received 532,335 votes to 450,181 for Gabriel Gomez. Percentage-wise, the margin was 54% to 46%. The new Senator should take office within the next…
Read More »The special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated when John Kerry became Secretary of State is today. The polls across the Commonwealth opened at 7:00 am and will remain open until 8:00 pm. The campaign which began amidst blizzards in February is ending in a 90+ degree heatwave.…
Read More »This coming Thursday (June 27, 2013) at 7:00 pm, I’ll be at the JV Fletcher Library at 50 Main Street in Westford to give a talk about “Legendary Locals of Lowell” the pictorial history of Lowell which I co-wrote with Chaim Rosenberg. The event is free and all are invited.
Read More »That’s the word I used in an early morning e-mail to my friend John Suiter in Chicago, who wrote to me late last night from a city where horns exclaimed victory for the Blackhawks. He described fireworks exploding over Navy Pier and mobs moving down Michigan Avenue. There will be…
Read More »UMass Lowell’s University Crossing. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Another smash up at the intersection of Thorndike and Highland streets this morning. Two ambulances, two police cars, one fire truck. From a distance I saw one person on a gurney being wheeled to an ambulance. It appeared that the three cars involved were lined up in the right lane…
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