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Noted at WickedLocal Tewksbury: As part of series of public events in July, the Tewksbury Public Library presents “Boston on Fire” – dramatic tales about the history of fires and fire fighting in Boston Wednesday night – July 13th – at 6:30pm. On Wednesday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m., join…
Read More »It’s been a while since I dragged Tom Friedman over to rh.com, but today’s opinion essay in the NYTimes is worth reading twice, particularly to note how many times the Pandora radio inventor pitched his idea to venture capitalists. I remember reading somewhere about the dozens of times that William…
Read More »I’m not an economist, but the more I try to learn about economics by reading the work of those who are, the more I realize it is a field with wildly different interpretations of the facts and prescriptions for solving the country’s problems. When I read that a failure by…
Read More »You have to be of a certain age to truly understand the passion that disco music incited – both for and against – back in the late 1970s. On this night in 1979, a disc jockey named Steve Dahl, of WLUP-FM, teamed up with the Chicago White Sox to hold…
Read More »Saturday the Stanley Cup came to Tewksbury and over fifteen hundred people showed up to see it. Below is a super video of the event originally posted by TheSharkSurvivor.
Read More »Union soldiers at attention in front of the Capitol (Library of Congress Collection via NYTimes) In today’s New York Times “Opinionator,” author and reporter Guy Gugliotta tells us of the struggle to finish the job of building the new Senate and House wings of the United States Capitol as well…
Read More »Last night Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Steven Grossman was honored as the “Fighter of the Year.” The award was presented at the 4th annual golf tournament benefiting the Team Micky Ward Charities at Meadow Creek Golf Club in Dracut. The Team Micky Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization…
Read More »The artistic eye of Tony Sampas caught these architectural details somewhere on Merrimack Street.
Read More »The study of the future of small cities continues as a Worcester conference focuses on the future of small industrial cities in New England. Two of those cities are in the Merrimack Valley – Lowell and Lawrence. From the Associated Press via the Boston Globe: The Federal Reserve Bank of…
Read More »A reminder from Lowell’s Department of Planning and Development: In July and August, as part of the update to Lowell’s citywide Master Plan, the Department of Planning and Development will host a series of public visioning sessions to collect input from the community and help shape a vision for the…
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