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Merrimack Wasteway
“Where the placid Eastern and Merrimack Canals join and take a steep tumble down into the river.” — by Tony Sampas
Read More »South Common Snow Report
Gone, baby, gone — and the dirt middle of the playing field has been smoothed and raked and cleaned of debris from the snow-dump hills of winter.
Read More »‘The First Warm Night’ by Stephen G. Perrin
Here’s a spring poem that was written by my Andover friend Steve Perrin, one of the founding members of the Poets’ Lab that met at Andover’s Memorial Library between 1976 and 1978. Other writers who attended included Ken Skulski, Cynthia Ward, Alice Davis, E.F.Weisslitz, Eric Linder, Wayne Nalbandian, and Tom…
Read More »“Whan that Aprille…”
On this day – April 17, 1397– Geoffrey Chaucer told the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the pilgrimage to Canterbury as told in the “Tale” actually starts. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury…
Read More »Death of Lucy Larcom – April 17, 1893
April 17, 2011
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MassMoments reminds us that on this day April 17, 1893 – Lucy Larcom – author, newspaper writer, poet, Lowell mill girl – died in Boston. In her autobiography “A New England Girlhood” – Larcom captured an element of the “Lowell Experiment” seen through the eyes of that Yankee mill girl toiling in the early…
Read More »April 16, 1861
In the morning on a drizzly April 16, a steady stream of Lowell residents visited the various armories where the militia companies of the Sixth Regiment had gathered the night before, bringing food, supplies, money and support. By 9 am, the remaining companies of the Sixth – Company B from…
Read More »UML Nanotechnology Building
Tony Sampas shows us the new UMass Lowell Nanotechnology building, rising high above Pawtucketville
Read More »“All politics is local” – Tip O’Neill Announces for Congress
MassMoments reminds us this morning that on this day – April 16, 1952 – Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill “threw his hat in the ring” announcing that he would run for Congress for the seat vacated by John F. Kennedy. A skilled politician and veteran of the Massachusetts Legislature, “Tip” served…
Read More »“Deep In The Weave” by Paul Marion for National Poetry Month
From the website of artist, author, educator – Susan Gaylord: Today’s poetry month post is a tribute to my friend Paul Marion the unofficial poet laureate of Lowell, MA. In my calligraphy years, his poems were a frequent source of content. Rather than list his many accomplishments and projects, I’ll…
Read More »‘Six Off 66 + 1’ by Dave Daniel; New Edition of Stories
Six Off 66 + 1 by David Daniel Writer Dave Daniel
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