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Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this essay: I am looking forward to the 33rd. season of Monday Night Football. Tonight, the Patriots take on the Philadelphia Eagles. One of the concerns is keeping Michael Vick healthy. For some reason, Michael Vick, the name, sticks out in my miind as…
Read More »For those with an interest in history, there are a couple of posts on local blogs that you should check out. Dave McKean reports from Ireland on his quest to learn more about Hugh Cummiskey on the Lowell Irish blog Eileen Loucraft reproduces a poignant letter sent by her husband’s…
Read More »Blogging and tweeting on Feb. 16 of this year, Dick Howe Jr reported on the special meeting of the Lowell City Council convened to discuss concerns about peace and tranquility in the downtown, especially as related to alcohol sales and late night socializing. Read the post here. Note that the meeting…
Read More »Yesterday’s Globe carried one in a series of lengthy profiles tracing the background of the two candidates for United States Senate in Massachusetts this year. This article was about Elizabeth Warren and her career as a law school professor. It’s an important article in that – in my opinion –…
Read More »Dave McKean, the amazing archivist of St. Patrick’s parish, is in Ireland this week to learn more about the times from which Hugh Cummiskey, the first and most famous leader of the Irish in Lowell, emerged. In yesterday’s post on his Lowell Irish blog, Dave describes his visit to the…
Read More »Today’s Boston Globe Magazine traces the upward trajectory of UMass Lowell in the five years since Marty Meehan was named Chancellor. The positive results are evident every day in the city and state, but the impact will be long range for the growing number of students enrolled, the research and scholarly contributions,…
Read More »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…
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