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It was curiosity more than anything else that drew me to the Whistler House tonight for a retrospective on the work of Mary Boutselis Sampas who wrote for Lowell newspapers, mostly the Sun, for 75 years. I confess to being only an occasional reader of Mary’s columns. Perhaps that’s because…
Read More »At her Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center this past Monday, Jane Brox distributed a list of “Works Mentioned” in her talk about “Reading, Writing, and Sense of Place.” The books about Sicily are included because Jane is preparing for a trip there in the fall. By…
Read More »Outside of New England, property tax collection is primarily the domain of county government and so at the registry of deeds we frequently get calls from out-of-staters asking for the date of our next tax lien sale. Aside from a way of raising cash from government, dabbling in tax liens…
Read More »Former Lawrence Mayor – albeit briefly – now incumbent State Representative Marcos Devers is being challanged in his reelection bid on two fronts. Jose L. Santiago both a former state representative and former but fired Methuen police sergeant, has taken out papers to run as an unenrolled candidate. Santiago held the 16th Essex…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Be sure to check it out too. We won’t know for some time the long-term impact of the Arab Spring or which nations will thrive, but, for now, the United States views Tunisia as a model of what…
Read More »On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Lowell General Hospital will hold its 13th annual TeamWalk for CancerCare. Last year, with the help of our generous corporate partners and more than 5,000 participants, TeamWalk raised $854,000 to support services for patients in our cancer center. Since its inception, TeamWalk has raised more…
Read More »Lowell-born poet and former Alaska Poet Laureate Tom Sexton recently provided the inspiring words for acclaimed composer Libby Larsen’s new work “Alaska Spring,” which premiered this week in a performance by the Alaska Chamber Singers. Read Mike Dunham’s article in the Anchorage Daily News here. Composer Libby Larsen and poet…
Read More »Dracut native Jane Brox, author of Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light; Clearing Land; Five Thousand Days Like This One; and Here and Nowhere Else spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center yesterday as part of UML’s lunchtime lecture series. The topic of Brox’s talk was “Reading, Writing…
Read More »NYTimes opinion writer David Brooks in today’s column advises Americans at large to think about creativity vs competitiveness in our economic life—and wonders out loud if the standard call to compete at all costs may not be the most productive course of action. Read his thoughts here, and get the…
Read More »Tony Sampas sent the above photo of the string section of the UML Orchestra with a member of the Choral Union in the background during rehearsal of selections from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana at Durgin Concert Hall, UMass-Lowell on April 20, 2012. The orchestra’s performance is captured in the following…
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