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Upcoming Genealogy events in Chelmsford

March 9, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Greater Lowell Leave a Comment

The Chelmsford Genealogy Club passed along news of two upcoming events. On Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM, the club will host a Genealogy Jam Session at the Chelmsford Library. Using the more familiar jam session of musicians as a model, this is an opportunity for anyone…

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Uncle Dave Does the Kerouac Thing

March 9, 2012 by PaulM Posted in History, Lowell, Culture Leave a Comment

In his opinion column today, NYTimes writer David Brooks muses about his lifelong affection for the New York Mets baseball team. As he usually does, Brooks expands from particular to universal and winds up making an observation about what makes people truly happy. In his analysis he uses two American…

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Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act

March 9, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments

Last week the US House of Representatives approved the Lowell Nation Park Exchange Act filed by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.  According to a press Release issues Tsongas’ office on February 29: The bill permits the transfer of the National Park’s surface parking lots on Dutton Street to the City in exchange…

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The Road We’ve Traveled Official Trailer

March 8, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Election 2012 Leave a Comment

Here’s a preview of the Obama 2012 campaign:   [youtube]NXtJhLUOFXE[/youtube]

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SUN Shines for Kerouac’s 90th Birthday

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Nancye Tuttle of the Sun has the story on the Lowell celebration for what would be Jack Kerouac’s 90th birthday this coming Monday, March 12.

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Kerouac in Boston Magazine—A Good Word

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.

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“Questioning Authority, Keeping the Faith” in the Boston College Magazine

March 8, 2012 by Marie Posted in History, Culture Leave a Comment

The Winter 2012 edition of the Boston College Magazine arrived in the mail today. As always it is chock full of interesting and enlightening articles. One such article “Questioning Authority, Keeping the Faith” has some very interesting statistics about American Catholics. The article was based on the opening remarks at…

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Presidential Primary Results

March 8, 2012 by DickH Posted in Lowell, Election 2012 7 Comments

It may come as news to many, but there was an election held here in Massachusetts two days ago. It was the Presidential Primary but similar races in other states grabbed what spotlight there was. By my count, just under 4000 people made it to the polls in Lowell which,…

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Skippy Roberge, Lowell Major-Leaguer

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 2 Comments

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Joseph Albert “Skippy” Roberge of Lowell, who played several years for the Boston Braves. He also played for several minor league clubs, including Toronto (see below). Here’s an extended description of his life and sports career from Baseball in Wartime on the web.

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Get Your Hockey @ the Tsongas–River Hawks v. Prov. Tonight

March 8, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 2 Comments

Our friends at leftinlowell.com posted lively about the Hockey East playoffs starting tonight at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell with the River Hawks taking on Providence College. Click here for all the details.

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