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Remember? Do ya? Do ya remember in 2004 when the Red Sox won the World Series! Ah, the good old days. Here is a “cheer you upper” original posted by wickedbigredsoxfan
Read More »Ted Williams: Last At-Bat, Final Home Run
Thanks to Marie on Facebook for this link to This Day in History at history.com with the account of Ted Williams hitting a home run in his last time at bat in his career—in Fenway Park in 1960. The moment was immortalized by young John Updike writing for the New…
Read More »Bridge Review: Special Issue for Bread & Roses Centennial
The Bridge Review Special Bread and Roses Issue Seeks Submissions The Bridge Review will produce a 2012 special issue in support of the Centennial Anniversary of the Great Lawrence Strike of 1912, better known as the “Bread & Roses Strike.” Deadline for submissions is January 11, 2012. The Bridge Review:…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: State Says School Committee Needs Schooling
September 28, 2011
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Marie
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According to Mark E. Vogler’s article in today’s Eagle Tribune – the state Department of Elementary & Secondary Education presented their “District Review” to the Lawrence School Committee last week. The review is apparently replete with findings that members of the Lawrence School Committee and the committee Chair – Mayor…
Read More »A Lowellian’s View on the University Avenue Bridge
Corey Sciuto is a denizen of the downtown – an urban dweller – a smart, young and tuned-in observer of the Lowell scene. His wonderful and powerful photographs of downtown and Lowell’s neighborhoods brought him to my radar screen. He and I now serve together on the Lowell Historical Society…
Read More »National Civil War Cemeteries: Honoring Those Who Served
Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 3,500 Union soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg. On this blog we offer many posts about our historic Lowell cemeteries. Cemeteries are an important and intimate part of our lives and our ancestry. Stories abound there…
Read More »‘Flankers’
Flankers . Trees change at night to rust, orange, brown. On long warm afternoons my friends and I ran downfield, catching perfect spirals, tackling each other as if trying to hurt one another when all we wanted was to be good at what we knew. Red-gold leaves surrounded us. Our…
Read More »Coversmart: The album cover quiz site
Brett Cromwell of the Lowell Film Collaborative has launched a new website, www.coversmartquiz.com The site is for all music lovers but especially those who cherish the artwork that appeared on album covers during the past half century. Each day, visitors to the site are presented with images of several album…
Read More »Postal worker protest
Here’s a group of post office employees protesting proposed budget cuts earlier this evening in Kearney Square, outside the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.
Read More »‘Lowell City Hall’ by Richard Marion
“Lowell City Hall” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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