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As a Lowell State College/UMass Lowell Alum and a member of the Graduate School of Education Advisory Board, I’m really pleased to offer kudos and congratulations to James H. Nehring, UMass Lowell/Graduate School of Education Associate Professor in Leadership in Schooling. Professor Nehring has been selected as the 2013-2014 Fulbright Scholar for…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day March 7, 1876, Scotland-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a device that could transmit human speech over a wire – the telephone. Bell’s patents and the success of the Bell Telephone Company, which he established in 1877, made the young…
Read More »Lucy Larcom (1824 – 1893) was a poet, writer, editor, teacher, abolitionist, and more who worked in the Lowell textile mills from age 11 to 21. She published hundreds of poems, a notable memoir (“A New England Girlhood”), and other works. In Lowell, she is remembered at Lucy Larcom Park,…
Read More »Arriving home from my own meeting sometime after 9 last night, I glanced at my Twitter feed and was surprised to learn that the Lowell Planning Board was still debating the merits of the proposed charter school on outer Middlesex Street just past the Rourke Bridge. I turned on my…
Read More »Here’s another excerpt from the book about the origin and impact of Lowell’s national park that I’ve been working on for the past two years. With luck, the book will be available by the end of 2014. The search is on for a publisher that can distribute the book widely,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. One need look no further than Joe Fitzgerald’s column in today’s Boston Herald to know why City Councillor John Connolly’s mayoral bid is such an uphill race. Fitzgerald looks at Menino through his wife Angela’s eyes. Angela is…
Read More »Some of our readers know that I’ve been working on a book about the origin and impact of Lowell National Historical Park for the past two years. Following is an excerpt from the section about preserving the historic structures and places in the city. Michael Leary is an urban studies…
Read More »Help us with a critical problem in the Merrimack Vally – homelessness! CTI brings you its annual fundraiser that combined with other private and public resources help prevent homelessness. Save the date of April 11, 2013 and come aboard the “Mighty Merrimack Riverboat Queen” for a fun night for this important cause .…
Read More »The Ed Markey for US Senate campaign held a regional strategy session yesterday at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation that was attended by about 70 people. (And before the you-know-what stirrers out there knock LTC, the campaign rented the space at the going rate for such functions). Much of the statewide field…
Read More »I was happy to see that the Lowell National Park’s Visitor Center on Market Street opened on time yesterday and showed no immediate impact of the budget cutting “sequester” that went into effect on Friday. As the most visible Federal government presence in the city, the Lowell National Park will…
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