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“The Worker” by Brian Herrmann At the forefront of Lowell’s historical gateway downtown resides a sculpture titled “The Worker.” This work, constructed in 1985 by Elliot and Ivan Schwartz, depicts an Irish canal worker widening the canal ways of Lowell. This work, along with several others, was placed into the…
Read More »NYTimes opinion writer David Brooks keeps me reading his column because I appreciate his thoughtfulness if not his core analysis. Today’s column deals with inequalities among American children as described in recent scholarly research. After painting a picture that should worry everyone, he winds up with a cliche ending that blames President…
Read More »[youtube]UhhsVZozmF0[/youtube] Actor Ernest Borgnine died on Sunday at age 95. His obituary in the New York Times thoroughly reviews his career and the many movie roles he played. To me, however, he will always be Lt Cdr Quinton McHale, the skipper of PT-73. What was it about the early 1960s…
Read More »I watched about a dozen innings combined through the just-completed weekend series between the Yankees and Red Sox from Fenway Park. Had it not been for the presence of Derek Jeter in the opposing lineup, I would have guessed at first that I was watching the Pawtucket Red Sox, not…
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: In 2009, I wrote a column that used a fictional story to explain how the Great Recession started. The column concluded with…
Read More »Tourists listen to LNHP ranger Cathy Neveux as they venture forth on a “Mill and Canal” tour Photo from today’s Globe North section (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff) The Lowell National Historical Park is the star in Globe North feature story this Sunday morning with a terrific photo above the fold! Touting…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. While tens of thousands of Boston concert-goers were being herded from the Esplanade to a tunnel under Storrow Drive under threat of storm, Ogunquit, Maine was celebrating July 4th as tradition would have it: simple and lovely. Standing…
Read More »I don’t have a set routine for the Fourth of July but the day inevitably involves a fun family cookout and ends in front of the TV watching the Boston Pops from the Esplanade. The “national” show that we’ve seen in the final hour of the production the past few…
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Read More »Jim Peters shares another of his essays: I have cancer. No big deal, just late-in-life non-Hodgekins lymphoma. I have basically tried to the best of my limited ability to keep it a secret because it has no bearing on my ability to do my job, or my relationships, or really…
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