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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog…check it out. Yesterday may have been National Hot Dog Day, but Anthony Weiner has nothing to celebrate. Anthony Weiner is a …..Good taste prevents me from playing with the punning headlines of the New York Post and Daily…
Read More »Here’s a press release from the Van Pech for City Council Campaign: VAN PECH OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF 2013 COUNCIL CAMPAIGN Candidate shares priorities to capacity crowd of Lowell voters Lowell, MA – Although he’s already knocked on over 2,000 doors and been meeting with voters for several months now, Van…
Read More »Illustration by Lara O’Dell, from The Rumpus I had taken off on a steep backside break and popped up to my feet on my little yellow-and-blue four-finned fish. It was about eight o’clock on a New Hampshire evening. The sun was low, throwing a harsh and bright orange light that…
Read More »Here’s Derek Mitchell’s new radio ad that’s running on WCAP. (He’s a candidate for Lowell City Council). [youtube]uV0IihO3IRc[/youtube]
Read More »With the Lowell Folk Festival coming this weekend, here is some background on the event. As some of our readers are aware, for the past two years I’ve been writing a book about the origin and impact of Lowell National Historical Park. What follows is an excerpt from a chapter…
Read More »The following is a poem from the early 1980s, which appears in my book “Strong Place” (1984). This poem was also one of four featured in Yankee magazine in 2009. Merrimack Street is the same and different today, with preserved buildings and a new array of businesses for the most part.…
Read More »The following essay by Tooch Van explores his journey from a young child in Cambodia to an adult and father in Lowell today. Guest essays are always welcome here. Send yours to DickHoweJr@gmail.com. From Phnom Penh to Lowell: A Journey of the international student from Cambodia: This I believe I…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day – July 23, 1846 – Henry David Thoreau after walking from his Walden Pond cabin to do an errand – found himself in the Concord town jail for refusing to pay his back taxes. His was just an over-night stay – as…
Read More »When it comes to clothing choices when traveling overseas, I’ve always thought it best to try to blend in, or at least not to stand out. That means that obvious stuff like Red Sox t-shirts and Lowell National Park ball caps get left at home. But when I got on…
Read More »Saturday night I refereed a debate between two friends, both from a younger generation than me, over the necessity of air conditioning. One combatant maintained that even here in New England, modern home and building design made artificial cooling a necessity; the other maintained that while A/C is certainly pleasant,…
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