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The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that the field of Democratic candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate in 2012 has narrowed yet again with candidate Robert Massie announcing he’s out of the contest! According to the AP: Massie said in a statement Friday that “the momentum of the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Elizabeth Warren demonstrated at this week’s debate that she is a real player, but, despite media raves, she didn’t necessarily hit the ball out of the park. The six Democratic candidates met Tuesday night in…
Read More »Edgar Allen Poe Lowell, Massachusetts, late May to early June 1849 Daguerreotype On this day – October 7, 1849 – American author, poet, editor and literary critic – Boston-born Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40 in Baltimore. His tales include: “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” –…
Read More »At 5 am it was 39 degrees outside and 59 inside. Under normal circumstances I would have turned up the thermostats last night and enjoyed the first hours of a long stretch of forced-hot water temperature comfort within my home. But the weather people all say the coming weekend will…
Read More »bbc.com reports today that Leymah Gbowee is one of three women who this year will share the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah was the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies and spent almost three weeks in residence here last April. She led a women’s movement to end a long civil…
Read More »A party to celebrate the release of “Young Angel Midnight: An Emerging Generation in the Arts in Lowell” was held tonight at the Appleton Mills at 219 Jackson Street. First, the space, both inside and out, is simply incredible. The last time I visited this spot was in early November…
Read More »The official opening of the Jack Kerouac Exhibit at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitors Center at 246 Market Street took place earlier this evening. The video below brings you part of the ceremony: [youtube]dfKNFm88bDM[/youtube]
Read More »Last month when Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple I wanted to write something about him and what he accomplished. I didn’t. Truthfully, I never felt confident enough that my meager writing ability could do Steve Jobs and his accomplishments justice. I feel the same today as I try…
Read More »Lowell Sun editor Chris Scott has a shocker of a story on the Lowell Sun “breaking news” site. According to Scott, the deal to be taken over by Steward Health Care LCC is dead! Instead Saints will be acquired by cross-town community health care “rival” Lowell General Hospital. The past few…
Read More »On Monday, October 3, 2011, economist Karl “Chip” Case, recently retired from Wellesley College, spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center as part of this year’s Moses Greeley Parker lecture series. Along with Robert Shiller and Allan Weis, Case developed the Case-Shiller index, a widely respected and quoted…
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