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Read More »UMass Lowell to Launch Center for Portuguese Partnerships
From UMass Lowell University Relations: UMass Lowell Center for Portuguese Partnerships: Kick-Off Reading & Reception March 28 03/20/2013 By Julia Gavin With its global focus and strong community support, the University will soon launch a new Center for Portuguese Partnerships. The Center, supported in part by a generous gift from…
Read More »Poets Matt Miller and Kate Hanson Foster @ UMass Lowell
From UMass Lowell University Relations: Award-Winning Poets Explore Lowell Roots When: Wednesday, March 27, 6 p.m. What: Writers with Lowell roots Kate Hanson Foster and Matt Miller will discuss and share their work as part of UMass Lowell’s Writers on Campus Series. Hanson Foster, a UMass Lowell graduate, was honored…
Read More »LowellMakes public meeting on Wednesday
Tomorrow night I’ll visit Lowell Telecommunicatons Corp at 246 Market Street to attend a public meeting held by LowellMakes, an innovative, important organization that is just beginning to come together here in Lowell. Here’s how LowellMakes is described at the start of its vision statement: A membership‐controlled collaborative space equipped…
Read More »‘High Bridge on Broadway’ by Richard Marion
“High Bridge on Broadway: Jumping Off Point” by Richard Marion (c) 2013, from the Venice of the North Series. Here’s the painting by Richard Marion that was referenced in a comment on Tony Sampas’s photo of the same bridge. See more artwork by Richard Marion at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Great turnout for last night’s reading/signing
Thanks to the 85 people who packed the community room at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell last evening to hear Chaim Rosenberg and me talk about our new book, Legendary Locals of Lowell. After 45 minutes of discussion, we signed books for many in the crowd. We were fortunate…
Read More »UMass Lowell Prof. in NYTimes on Drones and War
John Kaag, professor of philosophy at UMass Lowell, published an essay in the online edition of the NY Times on March 17. His topic is the use of drones in warfare. Read the essay here. To be sure, the question of what new responsibilities soldiers have is not the only,…
Read More »The Red Bridge, a/k/a the Pawtucket Canal Railroad Bridge
Photo and text by Tony Sampas. The Red Bridge is located near Pevey and Kyan Streets, is forty feet in height and spans 160 feet over the Pawtucket Canal. Its current owner is the Boston and Maine Railroad. From the Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory, Shepley Bullfinch Richardson and Abbott: “The…
Read More »Civil War talk in Westford this Thursday
This coming Wednesday, March 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., I will be at the J.V. Fletcher Library in Westford (50 Main Street) to give a talk on the city of Lowell and the coming of the Civil War. This is a presentation I gave last year in Lowell and in…
Read More »Mass Dems Party Platform Hearing in Lowell ~ March 27, 2013
The Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform Committee and interested Democrats are hosting hearings on the 2013 Party Platform across the Commonwealth. The range of topics covers and includes: Labor; Healthcare and Human Services; Education; Voting and Democracy; Justice and Civil Rights; Revenue and Expenditures; Economic Growth; Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Environment; Ethics…
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