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A variety of notices from different city offices bring news of a variety of events of the non-cultural/historic type (there are plenty of those in other posts). Here’s a sampling: The city’s Green Building Commission invites the public to attend its next meeting on its Green Restaurants program which will…
Read More »A gorgeous spring evening was the perfect backdrop to the city of Lowell’s 175th birthday party. While the brisk breeze may have strained the arms of those carrying the national flags of the many countries from which Lowell’s citizenry originated, it made the flags much more visible as they were…
Read More »What? “A Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments.” Learn about exciting plans for improvements and upgrades that will enhance public access to and visibility of these significant historic locations on both sides of the Merrimack River at the falls. Who? Speakers from City of Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park,…
Read More »Today – April 11 – is the Feastday of Saint Marguerite d’Youville (1701-1771), a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order – the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal – commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal. Founded to give shelter to the poor, the Grey Nuns later took over…
Read More »Mike Daley from Tewksbury has come up with one crazy, fun idea. For one year (that’s 2011) Mike is going to give people a choice of two stunts and they select the one they’d like to see him do. People cast their votes on Mike’s YouTube Channel. He calls it…
Read More »LOWELL CELEBRATES 175 YEARS OF INCORPORATION Staffer Jen Myers wrote in the Lowell Sunday Sun: LOWELL —Are you ready to party? The city is throwing a fun-filled event …on Monday April 11, 2011… at City Hall to kick off a year of celebrations as the city turns 175 years old.…
Read More »On March 1, 1926, the city of Lowell held an all-day observance of its one hundredth anniversary as a town. The day began with 4000 students at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium and another 2000 at the Cyrus Irish Auditorium at Lowell High. Here’s the schedule for the morning program: 1.…
Read More »We pay attention to poets and poetry on this blog because we believe the culture of our region and nation is essential to the social glue that binds together people in a democratic system. People who have a sense of shared identity and shared fate, I believe, are more likely…
Read More »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. In May 2007, the unemployment rate was 4.4 percent. I feel safe in predicting it will be a long time before we…
Read More »Heads-up everyone! As Easter and the time for those traditional rituals such as Easter Baskets and Easter Egg Hunts and the surprise of the cute and cuddly draws near, note this item in Massachusetts Law and Regulation as promulgated on CBS/Boston.com: In Massachusetts it is illegal to sell rabbits, ducks, or chickens that have…
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