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By Tony Sampas
Read More »“A Friendly Reminder” by paul hudon
paul hudon sent along the following essay: Dear Mr. Antoine Furtive, We here at your neighborhood bank notice that your last three mandatory credit vouchers are yet unclaimed. MCVs are the result of fours years of study by There’s Blood Yet to Be Had from This Stone Foundation. Introduced just…
Read More »Lexington’s Captain John Parker
Yesterday I took a ride to Lexington, MA. I arrived shortly before the annual Patriot’s Day Parade and several hours after the re-enactment of the famous battle that took place on the Lexington Green on April 19, 1775, a battle recognized as the start of the American Revolution. In the…
Read More »UMass (Amherst) Football to Announce Upgrade to FBS
This article appears in today’s Springfield Republican – it might have some interest to area locals especially UMass Amherst alums: AMHERST – After decades of debate, and with some difficult questions still to be answered, the University of Massachusetts football program will make the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision.…
Read More »“Community Innovation in Lowell” Meeting – April 26, 2011
Received this information from Professor Bill Berkowitz, Dept. of Psychology at UMass/Lowell: We thought readers of the Richard Howe blog and friends would be interested in an upcoming meeting on Community Innovation in Lowell, to be held on Tuesday, April 26, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in Coburn Hall, Room 205,…
Read More »For Perspective: The Milky Way, Time-Lapse Imagery
Click here to see photographer Terje Sorgjerd’s amazing views of the sky and earth from a mountain in Spain: The Mountain. I picked this up from AOL/Huffington Post.
Read More »April 19, 1861 (part II)
Eight railroad cars bearing seven companies of the Sixth Regiment made it to Camden Station, but four companies in four cars remained behind. The four captains commanding those companies decided to march through the city. Captain Follansbee of Company C took the lead. The troops had to overcome a number…
Read More »April 19, 1861 (part I)
A sleepy Sixth Regiment departed Philadelphia by train at 1 am on Friday, April 19, 1861. The original plan was to leave first thing in the morning, but railroad officials warned Colonel Jones of talk that people in Baltimore planned to prevent any troops from passing through the city. Jones…
Read More »Trailer: The Last Pow-Wow-Oak Documentary
Documentary movie about the last Pow-Wow Oak Tree in Lowell, MA. Traces the historic events that took place at the tree, the role it played in the American Revolutionary War, and the story of the Pow-Wow Oak Protectors – a citizen group trying to preserve and protect the tree for…
Read More »The Royal Wedding, T-Mobile Style
The real event won’t take place until April 29, but T-Mobile is giving us a sneak preview of the Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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