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A new friend of mine from England said that Lowell is missing the boat by not telling the story of its modern physical reconstruction and architectural preservation at street level where people can take it in, appreciate it, and maybe learn from it. On a recent visit to Manchester, N.H., I…
Read More »The rain held off yesterday and the weather proved to be excellent for the 16th Annual Southeast Water Festival. Thousands of people from Lowell and from all over the region and the country came to the north bank of the Merrimack River to enjoy food, music, dancing, boat races and…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. Investing is not for the faint of heart. Danger lurks in these unstable times. Thankfully, money market funds offer a risk-free place…
Read More »From The Saturday Evening Post: “It is 1913 and about darn time for equal rights for women! This “young suffragette” is putting aside her dolls and taking her brother’s turn at bat. Alas, many of our terrific covers were by artists long forgotten. Violet Moore Higgins was an illustrator for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s on blog. News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to Boston Tuesday to hail immigrants’ contributions to our economic vitality. Touting the findings of a report by the Partnership for a New American…
Read More »I am a bit ashamed to say that until this week I had never paddled a canoe on the Concord River. Countless times I had driven past the canoe rental place on Main Street in Concord, Mass., the South Bridge Boat House. The weather was good this past Wednesday, so Rosemary…
Read More »If you’ve not already registered to vote – although I suspect most reading this are already registered – today is the deadline if you want to participate in this year’s primary election which will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012. That’s right – the primary is on a Thursday…
Read More »From the United States Post office: The Postal Service will honor America’s oldest commissioned warship, the USS Constitution, with the issuance of 25 million Forever stamps Saturday, Aug. 18. The War of 1812 / USS Constitution stamps also commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The first-day-of-issue ceremony will be…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Follow this link to find it. Last week I was surveyed by the Gallup organization, confirming two things: first, that the venerable public opinion survey actually talks to real people, and second, that the results of questions they…
Read More »Here are the dates for this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10 am Friday, September 28, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10 am All of these tours begin and end at the Knapp Avenue…
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