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Read More »Grants Information ~ The Greater Lowell Community Foundation
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced the deadline for completing the first step in the process for “Capacity-Building Grants” applications. Capacity-Building Grants The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is seeking concept papers for our Capacity-Building Grant cycle. Deadline to submit a Concept Paper is Wednesday, July 11 @ 12 noon(step 1 in…
Read More »The Main Event: Boxing Card at Tewksbury Public Library
The Tewksbury Public Library is always a busy place beyond the circulation of books and other communication media. The Library is truly a community center – offering programs and speakers for all ages and all interests. Next week the Library continues its theme of boxing in the Merrimack Valley. Irish…
Read More »LTC well represented in “40 under 40”
Merrimack Valley Business magazine just released its second “40 Under 40” edition, which features 40 “up-and-coming business people who are making a profound difference in their fields and the [Merrimack Valley]. Among the honorees is Jessica Wilson, Executive Director of Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (front row, fourth from right) and Danielle…
Read More »‘Stele for the Merrimack’ by Peter Gorfain (commentary)
This is the first in a series of short commentaries about the Lowell Public Art Collection by students from an Art History course taught this spring by Prof. John Christ of the UMass Lowell Cultural Studies Dept. Stele for the Merrimack By Carolyn Campbell One of the last installed pieces of…
Read More »JG Whittier of Merrimack Valley in Guardian (UK)
Ezra Pound said something like “poetry is news that stays news.” John Greenleaf Whittier made Poem of the Week in The Guardian of the UK with his “Telling the Bees.” The commentary is as interesting as the poem. Read it here–thanks to Rus Bowden on Facebook for the link. Makes…
Read More »A more sensible approach to sugary beverages by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Shortly after my blog criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks in containers of more than 16 oz, I read the Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham piece offering an alternative solution, and…
Read More »Thirty years of the Lowell School Committee
Here’s a list of the members of the Lowell School Committee since 1981 with some occasional notes and some (but not yet all) of the unsuccessful candidates. Over time, I hope to add vote totals and all candidates for the earlier years. Crowd sourcing is a great way to accomplish…
Read More »Lowell lawyer: Ban cell phones in cars
In the aftermath of last week’s conviction of a Haverhill teen of causing the death of another by texting while driving, today’s Globe publishes a letter to the editor advocating the complete ban of all cell phone use while driving a car. The letter’s author is “Kathleen M. O’Donnell of…
Read More »Essays on Outdoor Sculpture in Lowell
This Spring, John Christ taught an art history course at UMass Lowell in which his students took a close look at the outdoor sculpture in the city that is considered part of the Lowell Public Art Collection. These artworks were assembled between 1982 and the mid-1990s in an effort directed first by the Lowell Historic Preservation…
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