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Lowell High School Little Theater United Teachers of Lowell/Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council Lowell City Council and Lowell School Committee Candidates’ Night Tonight! October 24, 2011 at 7:oo pm Carried live on Local Cable Access LET/Channel 22 and WCAP/980AM Radio Re-broadcasts to be scheduled!
Read More »When I flipped to the obituary page of today’s Globe and found myself staring into the eyes of the World War Two airman shown above, I just had to read the story. Imagine my surprise when I learned the deceased, L. Rodger Currie, was a “longtime dentist in Chelmsford” who…
Read More »Yesterday I attended an outstanding program presented by Cliff Hoyt and the Lowell Historical Society on “J. C. Ayer and Company during the Civil War.” The Lowell-based Ayer company was one of America’s most prominent producers of patent medicine during the nineteenth century. Its founder was James Cook Ayer who…
Read More »There’s a great story in the New York Times about Lowell-born mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias. At the age of 82, Ms. Elias is veteran of the Metropolitan Opera singing over 45 roles in over 680 performances. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut on February 23, 1954. This past September she made…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can find it here. A family medical crisis that keeps you from even reading the newspapers not only interrupts blog writing. It also gives you a distance from breaking events that provides perspective on what’s important and…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society is sponsoring a program today – Sunday October 24, 2011 – on the activities of J.C. Ayer & Co during the Civil War. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. at Middlesex Community College – in the Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square and is open to the…
Read More »Pete Seeger with red cap at center; to his right is honorary Lowellian David Amram (AP web photo by Stephanie Keith courtesy of cbs.com). Read the Washington Post report about music legends Pete Seeger, David Amram, and friends taking to the street last Friday night with the “Occupy” demonstrators in New York…
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Read More »Fred Doyle returned to the radio airwaves today: [youtube]ujqVi2Ucg08[/youtube]
Read More »I spent this afternoon in Cambridge and caught some of the Head of the Charles Regatta and the Princeton at Harvard football game which Harvard won, 56-39. Here’s a brief video slideshow: [youtube]pepWo167gcc[/youtube]
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