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Tony Sampas shares some photos of the stained glass windows at the Eliot Presbyterian Church
Read More »Quincy Massachusetts a Model for the “Big Apple”?
Snow removal in Quincy, January 2011 (Craig Goedecke/For The Patriot Ledger) In light of the climatological and financial winter we are experiencing here and across the country – one of the editorials in yesterday’s New York Times was intriguing. It appears in the eyes of the NYT editorial writer…
Read More »Raw Video of Protests in Libya
This amazing raw video shows protesters in Libya clashing with the Army. I posted this video on richardhowe.com just three hours after it was made available on YouTube. This is yet another example of how the Internet is changing the world. This video was originally posted by epressam
Read More »MassMoments: Lynn Shoeworkers Strike
MassMoments tells us that on this day – February 22, 1860 – the shoeworkers of Lynn, Massachusetts went on strike by the thousands. The strikers insisted that “the rights they sought to preserve were the same rights enjoyed by free men everywhere — the right not to be controlled by…
Read More »Lowell General Legacy Project Furniture Preview
The Legacy Project at Lowell General Hospital will add 100 new beds, and expand the Emergency and Trauma Centers nearly three fold. As the project moves along employees were recently given the opportunity to select new patient furniture. This video was originally posted by lowellgeneralhealth
Read More »Mobile Pantry Is One Way to Help in Lowell
The Mobile Pantry of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank provides good food, health info, and social contact for Greater Lowell residents, “many of whom are single elderly women, living alone, economically challenged, and have long term disabilities.” The Mobile Pantry serves more than 320 people, each month bringing 35 pounds of…
Read More »Bob Herbert Says Don’t Forget Fellow Americans
NYTimes columnist Bob Herbert keeps beating the drum for his fellow Americans who are suffering most in this stubborn economic downturn. Today, he cites letters written to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont by people whose lives and faith in the “system” are shaken. Read his thoughts here, and get the…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle reviews “The Exceptionals”
Nancye Tuttle calls “The Exceptionals” which is at the MRT through March 6, “Funny, poignant, heart-breaking, disturbing” and says it’s a play that shouldn’t be missed. Here’s the setting: Set in the office and waiting room of a prestigious sperm bank, we meet two moms – Gwen and Allie –…
Read More »The Lowell Public Art Collection
Despite this morning’s snow, all indications are that spring is just around the corner. Once the nice weather arrives, you might want to check out Lowell’s Public Art Collection which is scattered throughout downtown. It’s fitting that a city with the motto “Art is the Handmaid of Human Good” have…
Read More »Amram, Kerouac, March Madness Lowell-Style
George DeLuca of cometolowell.com says get your Jack-hats on for the Kerouac party coming in March, which is previewed in a recent radio interview with grandmaster musician Dave Amram: “There’s a David Amram interview on ‘Blues and Beyond’ radio with Dick Lourie, both of whom will be playing at ‘Jack’s…
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