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Sorry to be a bit late with this reminder, but trash pick-up in the city of Lowell this week will be on the normal schedule and not delayed one day despite Monday being the observance of Veterans Day. So put your trash out on the normal schedule if you haven’t…
Read More »Yesterday at about noon a major water main in Worcester burst, flooding a building at Worcester State University and forcing the city to shut of its entire water supply overnight to make repairs. Imagine waking up and not having a ready supply of clean, safe water – no shower, no…
Read More »This is a revised version of a poem of the season from my second full-length collection of poems, “Middle Distance,” published in 1989. The setting is drawn from the view across fields in Dracut, off Mammoth Road looking toward Lakeview Avenue.–PM . Desire Lines . At Runaway Hill, where a horse…
Read More »This video shows some interesting memorabilia from the Harvard Brewery in Lowell. captainbirch originally posted this video.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can find it here. Congress returns to work tomorrow, and there are a few reasons to be hopeful that the two parties may be able to negotiate a solution to the fiscal crisis, the so-called fiscal cliff that…
Read More »Taking advantage of the adhesive-weakening sunlight this weekend, I switched my car’s party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Removing bumper stickers is also easier when the candidates won.
Read More »In a strange way, nature cooperated with leaf clean-up this fall. Hurricane Sandy’s glancing blow provided enough limb-shaking wind to bring most of the leaves to the ground. This weekend, three days long for some, provided perfect weather for working outside. After filling 120 of the brown paper 30 gallon…
Read More »The cartoon strip Arlo and Janis today observed that with the death of Florence Green back in February at age 110 – she was a member of the Women’s Royal Air Force in World War One and presumed to be the last surviving veteran of that conflict – that this…
Read More »Each Monday after the 9 a.m. news, I call in to radio station WCAP (980 AM) to talk about local history, politics and anything else that comes up. In the midst of my segment this morning, co-hosts Todd Robbins and Mara Dolan (Ted Panos is “on assignment” this week) put…
Read More »Join us for a celebration of the life and contributions of one of the great humanitarians of modern Lowell: Peter Stamas. Thursday, Nov 15, 7 pm, Parker Gallery, Whistler House Museum of Art, Worthen St, Lowell. The illustration below is by Janet Lambert-Moore, created as a tribute for Peter’s retirement.
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