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Dusk as seen from the Pollard Library
Tony Sampas took these photos of dusk on March 24, 2011 as seen through the window shades of the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell
Read More »Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: March 25, 1911
One hundred years ago today one of the deadliest fires in American history occurred at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. The company occupied the upper floors of the Asch Building (shown below) which is just east of Washington Square Park and Greenwich Village. Despite the heavy loss…
Read More »Coming in April: Lowell Film Festival
Its still a month off, but you want to mark your calendar for this great event coming up at the Lowell Film Festival. Beginning April 28 through April 30 the festival presents Lowell on the Churn: The American Civil War, 1861-Present. In their own words… To commemorate the 150th anniversary…
Read More »Schedule for Redistricting Hearings
Current Congressional Legislative Districts from the Special Joint Committee Website In the continued effort to get local citizen input, the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting has posted additional hearing dates and sites on the SJCR website. This is a list of the hearings schedule to date: — Saturday, March 26, 10…
Read More »Lowell demographics and the 2010 census
Today’s Globe had a very un-Globe-like headline (“Whites still abandoning cities in Mass) above a story on the just-released data from the 2010 census. The story reports that 43 of 45 large communities “saw declines in white population” and that fourteen of them — including Lowell — dropped by double…
Read More »Acclaimed Poets Coming to Lowell in April
Big Buzz About Sequel to “The Fighter”
There’s a buzz around town, in the Hall, in the diners and on the street – local and otherwise – about a sequel to “The Fighter.” Most importantly both Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell are in on it! Wahlberg currently has a few other projects going – the film…
Read More »All Politics Really Is Local and According to Glen Johnson “Awesome”
March 24, 2011
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Don’t miss Boston Globe Politics Editor Glen Johnson’ s piece on the “Political Intelligence” page today. The Lowell references and the flurry of local town and city elections should pique our Merrimack Valley interest. Glen Johnson spent some years toiling at the Lowell SUN – so he knows only too well of which…
Read More »Funeral Arrangements for Sandy Walter, Past Lowell Park Supt.
The Sun today has details on the funeral arrangements and services for Sandy Walter, past Superintendent of Lowell National Historical Park. Here is the link. Note that donations can be made in her name to Gossnell Memorial Hospice in Maine or to the new Sandy Walter Memorial Folk Festival Fund…
Read More »Greg Page and Mass Eye and Ear
A variety of eye maladies has kept me visiting the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary regularly for the past dozen years. I’ve always been pleased and thankful for the treatment I’ve received there, so much so that this year I began making a modest donation to the hospital’s annual fund.…
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