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City of Lowell Video
Here is a well done video on the City of Lowell produced by Marc Duci, Steve Brogan and Lowell Telecommunication. This video was originally posted on YouTube by cheffy101
Read More »Legal Notices
The explosion of negative reaction to Mayor Murphy’s recent motion to post city legal notices on the city website instead of in the local newspaper obscures an important issue and that is, how are individuals to be notified of legal proceedings that might deprive them of their property and in…
Read More »Super Moon over Lowell
Last night John Boutselis ascended Christian Hill in Lowell to catch the rising of the Super Moon over the reservoir. He was kind enough to share with us the fantastic picture that resulted.
Read More »White-Water Rafting on the Concord
It’s rafting season on the Concord River. The recent rain should help put a little lift in the rapids. Contact the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust for details on trips. Here’s a painting by Richard Marion that captures the scene. To see more artwork, visit www.richardmarion.net
Read More »New Book of Lowell Poems by Tom Sexton Due in June
Bridge Street Cover FINAL This is an Adobe file of an image, which I can’t insert directly into this blog post, so please click the link to see the cover design for Tom Sexton’s new book of Lowell poems due from Loom Press in June. The collection of poems plus…
Read More »Howl in Lowell covers Lowell Cemetery Tour
Caroline Gallagher of Howl in Lowell joined yesterday’s tour of Lowell Cemetery and shot some video (shown below) to accompany the story I wrote for Howl about the cemetery. (Be sure to check out the Local History section of Howl in Lowell for my weekly stories on Lowell’s history). Yesterday’s…
Read More »First Breakfast @ The Connector Cafe & Grill
I enjoy finding new places in Lowell, and this morning’s discovery was the Connector Cafe & Grill at 724 Chelmsford Street, a clean, well-lighted restaurant in a small business plaza close to Lowe’s in the Highlands. I was with two friends, who ordered eggs, home fries, and toast, which were first-rate at the…
Read More »News from Author Judith Dickerman-Nelson
Writer and poet Judith Dickerman-Nelson is a 1991 graduate of UMass Lowell, former editor of the campus literary magazine, and long-time staff member at the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association in Lowell. She also has a master’s degree from Emerson College. She sent us this update about her recent and upcoming literary activities related…
Read More »Increasing cooperation among local access TV stations
Several months ago Comcast on very short notice dictated to Lowell Telecommunications Corporation, the city’s public access television and technology organization, that local government programming that had long appeared on Channel 10 on Lowell cable would be switched to Channel 99. Although that transition seemed to have gone smoothly, I…
Read More »Women’s rights are human rights, but will “backward” nations see them as keys to success? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. High-level State Department work requires intelligence, sensitivity, and a healthy dose of optimism. This is what I took away from last week’s State Department briefings of 22 members of the Association of Opinion Journalists, formerly the National Conference…
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