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St. Marguerite D’Youville As last year we remind you that today April 11 is the Feast Day of Saint Marguerite D’Youville. The fruits of her works and the work of her sisters are quite well-known in the Lowell area today. Locally, the highly regarded D’Youville Senior Care whose entire heathcare…
Read More »In Her Own Words: Remembering Mary Sampas The Hellenic Culture and Heritage Society, in collaboration with the Whistler House Museum of Art, will celebrate popular Lowell Sun writer Mary Sampas through readings of some of her early essays, travel columns, poetry and excerpts from celebrity interviews. The event is free…
Read More »“Writing About Place: Local to Global” — A Talk by Author Jane Brox Monday, April 23, 12 noon, UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center Free and open to the public Award-winning author Jane Brox, a native of the Merrimack Valley, will discuss the way literature is both affected by a…
Read More »Tonight I attended an excellent program at the Tsongas Industrial History Center on The Lowell Textile Strike of 1912. The program was jointly organized by the TIHC, the Lowell National Historical Park, UMass Lowell, The American Textile History Museum, the Revolving Museum and the Bread & Roses Centennial Committee. The…
Read More »Here’s the latest meeting notice from the East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group: East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting Monday, April 30th – 7:00-8:30 pm at the Pawtucketville Social Club, 123 University Avenue “We are making extraordinary progress. Come and help us keep up the momentum.” What we have accomplished: • We are…
Read More »Our friends at the Lowell City Manager’s blog remind us that this is an important week in celebration of National Community Development: City of Lowell Celebrates National Community Development Week April 10, 2012 by Office of the City Manager The City of Lowell will join communities across the country to celebrate National…
Read More »When studying history, some years seem more interesting than others. As comedian Robin Williams famously said, “If you remember the 1970s, you weren’t there.” One year deserving of additional scrutiny may be 1912. Just in the month of April you had the sinking of the Titanic and the opening of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Co-leader Couples turns back clock at Augusta” read Saturday’s Boston Globe sports section sub-headline, hailing the return to prominence of Fred Couples in the Masters golf tournament. If he wins, the good looking fellow could become the oldest…
Read More »For more than a century, historians have used 618,000 as the approximate number of men who died in the American Civil War. That number, it turns out, may have significantly underestimated the number of casualties. As reported in the Science section of last Tuesday’s New York Times, a demographic historian…
Read More »The Easter Bunny delivered three dark chocolate butter cream eggs to my basket overnight. In doing so, he – why we assume the Easter Bunny is male is another matter – sought to teach a lesson in comparison shopping. The three eggs appeared identical. Each one weighed 4 ounces, contained…
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