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The 2011 Lowell Folk Festival – The Birmingham Sunlights

August 8, 2011 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

The memory of this year’s Lowell Folk Festival lingers, thanks to these photos from Tony Sampas.

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St Patrick’s excavation delayed 24 hours

August 7, 2011 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

The archeological excavation of the lawn in front of St Patrick’s Church in Lowell which commenced last summer and was supposed to resume tomorrow has been pushed back a day due to travel delays experienced by the team coming from Ireland to conduct the dig. The project should begin on…

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‘Of Gods and Men’: 2010 French Film

August 7, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 1 Comment

Last night, I watched on cable TV the 2010 award-winning French film “Of Gods and Men,” which is based on real events involving a small community of Trappist monks in Algeria in 1995. It is a period of civil war with Islamic extremists trying to impose their will on the local population.…

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“Thinking Small in Greater Lowell” by John Edward

August 7, 2011 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Lowell 3 Comments

John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. Give the proverbial man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for…

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JFK Signs The Cape Cod National Seahore Bill

August 7, 2011 by Marie Posted in History, Politics Leave a Comment

President John F. Kennedy of the Cape Cod National Seashore Bill on August 7,1961, with Congressmen and other officials watching. NPS/Cape Cod National Seashore

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Cape Cod National Seashore Bill Signed by JFK – August 7, 1961

August 7, 2011 by Marie Posted in Culture, History, Lowell, Politics Leave a Comment

Last week we posted a connection here to an interview with George Price – current Superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park and formerly a Deputy Superintendent in Lowell. Today MassMoments reminds us that it was on this day fifty years ago – August 7, 1961 that President John…

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‘Bridge at Boott’ by Richard Marion

August 7, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment
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The Great American Hall of Wonders

August 7, 2011 by DickH Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

At the end of last week I had to make a quick drive down and back to Washington. The morning I left, I noticed a review of an exhibit that recently opened at the Smithsonian American Art Museum called “The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science and Invention in…

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As markets tank, politicians hit the links, oblivious

August 7, 2011 by DickH Posted in Current Events 1 Comment

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Recent memories of Cape Cod breezes, warm sunshine and gentle waves can’t dispel the acid taste left in the mouth by Congress’ despicable( and self-inflicted) game of chicken around raising the debt ceiling, followed by the eighth largest…

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“unintended consequences” by Paul Hudon

August 7, 2011 by DickH Posted in Current Events 1 Comment

Historian Paul Hudon, the author of The Valley & Its Peoples: An Illustrated History of the Lower Merrimack and the recently published All in Good Time, contributes the following essay: It’s my guess that most of us have seen one or two TV commercials pushing drugs. Good drugs of course.…

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