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Below is a time-lapsed video of the construction of the University Suites at UMass Lowell
Read More »Bea Barron, a life lived to the fullest by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I first met Bea Barron when I was a political reporter and she was selling ads for The Newton Times in the 1970′s. She was a longtime community activist who had worked for Newton Fair Housing, marched with Dr. …
Read More »Lowell Cemetery Monuments as Public Art (Commentary)
The Lowell Cemetery as a Place of Public Art by Heidrun Ryan Cemeteries are, perhaps, of greatest importance to the living. The monuments are meant to be seen: while personal, they may also be a source of both history and art for the larger community. The Lowell Cemetery is intimately…
Read More »Center City Cmte welcomes new National Park Superintendent
Lowell’s Center City Committee hosted a reception for the new Lowell National Historic Park Superintendent Celeste Bernardo (above) this evening at Fuse Bistro. The announcement of Bernardo’s appointment was made just a month ago, so this was the first opportunity for many in the community to meet her. In her…
Read More »Scenes from the African Festival
Members of the procession, African Festival, Lowell Heritage State Park Esplanade and Sampas Pavilion, June 16, 2012. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Lowell’s Hotel Vendome connection
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the tragic 1972 fire at the Hotel Vendome in Boston (corner of Commonwealth Ave and Dartmouth Street) that left nine Boston firefighters dead (See Globe story of memorial ceremony). The 1871 building was under renovations at the time and was largely unoccupied. The fire…
Read More »The Suicide Squeeze
This year, my interest in pro sports waned I think because of some combination of the late season collapse by the Red Sox, the loss in the Super Bowl by the Patriots, and the refusal of Tim Thomas to join his Stanley Cup winning teammates at the White House. I…
Read More »The debate about debates: enough already by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s the next phase of silly season. U.S. Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are to-ing and fro-ing about how often they’ll debate one another and in what settings. So far, she has agreed to four televised…
Read More »“Targeting the Fed” by John Edward
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 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is often called the second most powerful person in Washington. Federal Reserve monetary policy has a powerful…
Read More »The Greek election matters to us by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Forget Romney and Obama for now. The greatest immediate impact on the U.S. economy, beyond the control of either nominee, could be what happens Sunday in the Greek run-off election. On that day, millions of Greek…
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