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Lowell Canal Tour
Here is a great video of a tour through the Lowell Canals originally posted on YouTube by thisdogblogs.
Read More »Swampland
Is it me getting less patient with uncomfortable weather or have we had an unusually long run of hot and/or swampy days in the valley? A news feature on TV this week reported on bats being hyper-active because of the extended stretch of hot days. I had a deja vu…
Read More »Remembering the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown Sacked and Burned ~ August 12, 1834
From the achives: Mass Moments reminds us today that on August 12, 1834 the Catholic convent housing the Ursuline order of nuns in Charlestown, Massachusetts was sacked by a Protestant mob – then burned to the ground. Catholics were not welcome in the early days of Massachusetts – in fact…
Read More »Mill City Toastmasters Club
The ability to speak well in public is critically important in many lines of work. An established organization devoted to improving such skills, Toastmasters International, now has a club in Lowell. The Mill City president, Dan Barrett, sent me some information about the local chapter and extends the following invitation…
Read More »Lowell Mass Memories Road Show now online
Back in March a team from the Mass Memories Road Show, a roving digital history project from UMass Boston that seeks to capture historical images from every community in the Commonwealth, visited Lowell. With the help of dozens of local volunteers, the team scanned photographs brought to them by local…
Read More »Time to get smart, not scared, about the economy by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday told an audience of teachers in Washington that both individuals and the larger economy could benefit from more and better financial education. I never agreed more than when…
Read More »Tornado Watch
As the skies darkened yesterday afternoon, my cell phone began buzzing with alerts from the National Weather Service. Here they are: 3:36 pm – Tornado Watch in effect for Middlesex County, MA until 9 pm 5:27 pm – Flash Flood Warning for Middlesex County, MA until 8:30 pm 6:24 pm…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Steward To Eliminate TCU at Holy Family
Two years ago – in August 2010 I had successful hip replacement surgery – not in Boston but here in the Merrimack Valley. The surgery, post op recovery, rehab, pt – were all available at Caritas Holy Family in Methuen. After consultation with my surgeon, I chose the HFH option.…
Read More »Lowell General
This is great video of Lowell Generals 2012 Team Walk
Read More »Are Harry Reid’s questionable tactics working? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s most recent foray into presidential politics – claiming someone had told him that Mitt Romney had paid no taxes for ten years but refusing to corroborate the accuser’s name or the charge has the stench of…
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