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by Tony Sampas
Read More »Inflation not a worry for the next couple of years by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Dick Syron and John LaWare were affable enough heads of the Boston-based regional operation of the Federal Reserve System. But, when they were out in the community, they seemed to speak only with other businessmen…
Read More »Founder of “Reason” magazine dies in Lowell
This may sound a bit morbid, but my favorite section of the newspaper is the obituaries. Each story is a history lesson in itself. In a way, the tour I give of the Lowell Cemetery is a series of oral obituaries shared while walking around a beautiful, natural setting. While…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Locavores – Read the Label!
While all politics may be local, produce touted as local may not be. As Sarah Pinneo notes in her Boston Globe article today – “locavore” – one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible – was named word of the year back in 2007. Farmers loved the trend – large…
Read More »Spinners lead minor league promotion list
ESPN Travel came out with its top picks for minor league baseball summer stunts for the coming months. Leading the list is an event that will occur on July 5, 2011 along the banks of the Merrimack River in lovely Lowell during a Spinners game when David Smith Jr fires…
Read More »“Megaliths, Monoliths, and Native American Knowledge” by Jim Peters
Jim Peters sent this essay for posting: Jim Neary, of the well-known Lowell Neary family, and I, decided to do a little research on old stone structures which were presumably built by the Native Americans at some point in history. I cannot say that they were built by the Pawtuckets,…
Read More »“Hey, Hey, My, My” by Steve O’Connor
Steve O’Connor shares an essay about how rock n roll created a bond between father and son: My son, being fifteen, doesn’t talk to me much anymore. He discovered recently that I don’t know anything. He has also realized that anything I say will be fun will in fact be…
Read More »2011 Preservation Award Winners
In recognition of National Preservation Month, the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership are celebrating community efforts in the areas of historic preservation and cultural heritage – this is done in conjunction with the kick-off of Doors Open Lowell 2011. From the NPS website, here are the…
Read More »JFK Awarded Pulitzer Prize for “Profiles in Courage”
On May 6, 1957 – the Pulitzer Prize for Biography was awarded to the United Sates Senator from Massachusetts John F. Kennedy for “Profiles in Courage.” The work was widely acclaimed and helped Kennedy earn national recognition. While not without controversy as to the actual writing of the book (some…
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