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We’ve set the dates for the Fall 2013 tours of Lowell Cemetery. They are: Friday, September 27, 2013 at 1 pm Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 10 am Friday, October 4, 2013 at 1 pm Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10 am The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance,…
Read More »I Hear America Singing . I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. What will happen if we increase taxes? Should my students study harder? How hard should we work to make sure everyone has…
Read More »It’s hard to believe that I’ve been attending Lowell Folk Festivals for more than a quarter of a century. That makes me feel old. I vividly recall George Price, the jovial assistant superintendent of the Lowell National Park, leading the opening parade up Central Street to the South Common where,…
Read More »Tooch Van, a Cambodian-American resident of Lowell, shares some thoughts on this past weekend’s National Assembly Election in Cambodia: The Cambodian National Assembly Election: Good v Bad @Tooch A. Van, Tuesday, July 30 2013 at 6:30 am (Lowell, MA USA’s time) A good politician versus a bad politician. A good…
Read More »Reverend Seamus Finn, OMI We’ve profiled and highlighted the work of Lowell-connected Oblate – Seamus Finn, OMI in past blog posts like this one: https://www.richardhowe.com/2013/01/02/fr-seamus-finn-omi-new-years-resolutions-and-corporate-social-responsibility/. Today we note a Letter-to-the Editor at the Lowell Sun where Father Finn has taken issue with the Sun editorial criticism of Elizabeth Warren’s “obsession with Wall…
Read More »The signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson of the Medicare Act on July 30, 1965 is worthy of this re-posted clip from the archive: Medicare Signed into Law ~ July 30, 1965 by Marie President Lyndon Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess…
Read More »“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »View across Boarding House Park during the 5 o’clock hour Saturday for Maggie Ingram and the Ingrametts – a Gospel group that had the audience on its feet, swaying, clapping and perhaps shouting a few hallelujahs … the smoke overlay was nothing religious… it rose up from the large grills at the food…
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