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Read More »‘The Guys from The Flats’ by Charles Gallagher, an excerpt
Former City Manager Charles Gallagher was an active participant in a writing program at Willow Manor Nursing Home in 1992 that was led by Bill Roberts, now a professor emeritus of English at UMass Lowell. Gallagher was a university student at the time, assisting Prof. Roberts. The community writing project was…
Read More »Fr. Seamus Finn, OMI ~ New Year’s Resolutions and Corporate Social Responsibility
Fr. Seamus Finn, OMI – member of the Justice/Peace and Integrity of Creation Ministry – continues his work on bringing faith and values into the financial world where the Oblates and other religious organization are invested. Fr. Finn is well-connected locally in Lowell and Greater Lowell. He writes regularly on the…
Read More »January 2, 1960: John F. Kennedy Announces Candidacy for President
On this day – January 2, 1960, U. S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massaachusetts first announced that he would run for President. He made the announcement in the Senate Caucus Room in Washington, DC. I am today announcing my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. The Presidency is the…
Read More »Lydia S. Hall, b. 1818
The following is the first of a series of excerpts from books about Lowell that I will share in this new year. These brief passages about people, places, and happenings remind us of our community’s rich history and may help us notice the soon-to-be historic elements of our experience right…
Read More »Irish Traditions for the New Year
Many cultures and countries have customs and traditions practiced or at least remembered on New Years Eve and New Years Day. I remember attending a French-Canadian New Years Eve traditional event arranged by our friend Mehmed Ali. The Reveillion – highly focused on food – was celebrated in historic downtown Lowell in the community room of the Shine of…
Read More »‘City Hall’ by Richard Marion
“City Hall” by Richard Marion, 1983 drawing, (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Videos of Snow Storm Dec 29, 2012
Here are a three views of Lowell during Saturday’s snow storm which created slippery driving and walking conditions. These videos were originally posted by memorize67.
Read More »Top Ten of 2012
Here are my Top Ten events and developments in Lowell in 2012. Please add your own using the comment feature: 1. Elizabeth Warren defeated Scott Brown for the United States Senate, 54% to 46%. Warren won Lowell by nearly 6,000 votes. Many of those who voted for Warren have not…
Read More »Hope for the future by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Watching dysfunctional Washington is profoundly, naggingly depressing, leaving one having to work hard to count our blessings, of which there are assuredly many. Typically, those blessings are related to home, hearth and health, family and friends. Against the…
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