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“THE PORCH is to eastern Massachusetts what Steel Magnolias is to northwest Louisiana. A deceptively tender play that is also very funny. It’s an inviting place to set a while and will leave you feeling right neighborly.” Broadway World Tickets are moving fast for the four performances of Jack Neary’s…
Read More »On this day – May 23, 1900 – Sergeant William Harvey Carney was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery on July 18, 1863. He fought for the Union cause as a member of the fabled 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Recruited from freed slaves – it was the…
Read More »On this date 150 years ago, Lowell’s Benjamin Butler took command of Fort Monroe, a massive installation at the southern tip of Hampton, Virginia that remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War. Very early in his tenure at Fort Monroe, Butler was confronted with the novel problem of what…
Read More »The City Manager’s blog and others in the city have written of the possibility that Cape Ann Fresh Catch, a community supported fishery, is trying to decide if it should participate in the Lowell Farmer’s Market this summer. (The Farmer’s Market sets up in front of City Hall each Friday…
Read More »I recently asked Justin Kwan, the founder of the new Lowell-based website culturehive.com to send a post introducing himself and his website: When I moved to the Lowell area four years ago, I was first introduced to the art scene from a post about the Urban Village Art Series that…
Read More »As a 1986 graduate of Suffolk University Law School, this is my 25th reunion year. That plus a unique and complex chain of events led to me serving as the Marshal of today’s Suffolk Law School graduation at the Boston Convention Center. My duties involved leading the procession of graduates,…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day May 22, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was viciously attacked on the floor of the United States – beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks, a Congressman from South Carolina. The issue – the language used by Sumner in a passionate anti-slavery…
Read More »Admittedly, I was a bit nervous about my recent phone conversation with Lowell SUN reporter Joyce Tsai. She or her editor had read my early April blog post about construction activity in my North Tewksbury neighborhood. My views have been sought over the years about politics, local history and my…
Read More »A group led by former State Senator Steve Panagiotakos and Trinity EMS co-founder John Chemaly gathered yesterday at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center for a rally to keep the Fifth Congressional District intact in the upcoming redistricting process. With Congressional redistricting following close behind the every-ten-year Federal census,…
Read More »I don’t know if it is because we endured such a harsh winter this year, but the spring season seems like it has come to us in high-definition. I’ve read the media coverage about the mother-of-all-allergy-seasons and the double deluxe blooming in the woods and fields. That’s part of the overall…
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