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Leymah Gbowee, 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Peace Scholar (web photo by Chester Higgins Jr. courtesy of nytimes.com) Page one of “The Arts” in today’s New York Times includes Julie Bosman’s article about the upcoming book tour by Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Elizabeth Warren is one impressive lady and may turn into a rock star candidate. She spoke yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Boston, invited there months ago by Steve Crosby, Dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy…
Read More »Lowell Buick Company – photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »The Springfield Republican is reporting that at least three gaming entities could be vying for the rights to develop a resort-style casino in Western Massachusetts. Penn National Gaming has expressed interest in a Springfield-area site; Mohegan Sun of Connecticut has been planning a casino resort for 152 acres it leases…
Read More »For those watching the housing market closely as builders, buyers, lenders, sellers, owners, or from any other perspective, please note that one of the nation’s top experts in the housing market, Karl “Chip” Case of the Case-Shiller Index, will be featured at the opening program of the Lunchtime Lectures series…
Read More »The Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council has three city council candidate forums on the calendar. Here are the dates and places. If you’re interested in the direction of our city government you should try to make at least one of these events in person. In any case, please watch for our…
Read More »Next Thursday night, September 22 at 7:00 pm, at the Pollard Memorial Library, historian Chaim “Mike” Rosenberg, will discuss his book, The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 as part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lectures. Last winter, shortly after the publication of this book, I traveled to…
Read More »No, I’m not talking about the latest local political melodrama; I’m talking about stairs. I’m reading “At Home: A short history of private life” by humorist Bill Bryson (A Walk in the Woods, The History of Nearly Everything) in which Bryson deconstructs the modern residence and explains the history of…
Read More »It seems like the former Purity Supreme site on Route 38 – across the road from Gold’s Gym – has been empty forever! The space is located in a so-called strip mall site with the various units being owned individually. Taxes are always paid and for a longtime there was…
Read More »Adirondack Chair Installation at Boarding House Park in Lowell. Photos by Tony Sampas.
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