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Housing authorities have been much in the news lately, whether it’s in Chelsea, Dracut or Lowell, but that’s not necessarily a new phenomenon. I recently came across a 1973 Lowell Sun column by Carolyn Miegel that touched upon an alleged housing authority controversy and then provided a glimpse into ethnic…
Read More »Two images, each a bit different, of the same scene – by Tony Sampas
Read More »Mass Moments remind us that on this day December 2, 1867, the iconic author Charles Dickens began his Second American tour heer in Massachusetts – opening in Boston and reading at Tremont Temple. Not in the best of health, Dickens arrived a few weeks early and spent some time recuperating…
Read More »Another twist on the Kerouac thing. Read about this designer, Gary Joseph Cieradkowski, and what he writes about Kerouac and baseball.
Read More »The Lowell Sun and other media outlets are reporting on breakingnews that State Senator Susan Fargo will face a primary challenge in 2012 from Democrat Michael Barrett. Fargo represents the Third Middlesex District with includes the communities of Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln, Waltham, Weston and parts of Sudbury and Lexington. Michael-Barrett…
Read More »This version is small, but you get the picture for the new issue of The New Yorker, Dec. 5, whose cover illustration titled “Black Friday” by Daniel Clowes depicts an an average-looking man entering a shop selling books and literary paraphernalia, including in the lower left section a row of four…
Read More »In a article in today’s Eagle tribune writer Alex Bloom – who has been closely following the actvities around a takeover of the Lawrence schools by the Commonweath – tells us that January 1, 2012 is the date when the schools will be under the control and direction of a…
Read More »Forty years ago in the aftermath of a disruptive city election that saw three incumbents defeated, the Lowell Sun’s Frank Phillips, now a long-time senior political writer for the Boston Globe, gave his analysis of the political power and the potential political power of the office of mayor in the…
Read More »The new Health and Social Sciences Building under construction on the UMass Lowell South Campus. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »This essay was first heard as a radio essay on the “Sunrise” program of WUML, 92.5 FM, at UMass Lowell. Executive producer Chris Dunlap assembled writers in the area for the daily essay feature, a popular component of the morning public affairs show. I’ve shared this essay with rh.com readers for the…
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