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Some of our readers may remember that Michael Millner, a professor in the UMass Lowell Dept. of English, and I are working on a new Kerouac project for Lowell. Last year, we received a $35,000 Creative Economy Initiatives grant from the UMass President’s Office to create (1) a small permanent…
Read More »The history of technology is a subject that fascinates me. Although individuals have long invented things, much technological advancement comes from corporations. As part of that interest, I keep a list of company names and their meanings. This topic came to mind earlier today when I wrote a short post…
Read More »Glamour shot “ad” promoting Melissa Leo for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Alice Ward in The Fighter In today’s Boston Globe, Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein write about Dicky Ekland’s attempt get more “spotlight” time though an interview and story in a “huge spread” in the new…
Read More »Today’s Globe carries the obituary of Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital. I never met Olsen and never worked at DEC, but the story reminded me of the glory days of the computer industry in Massachusetts in the 1980s with Digital and Wang serving as the global leaders in that…
Read More »The article below is from the Tewksbury Patch. Ryan Sullivan is the son of the late Paul Sullivan of WBZ Radio and the Lowell Sun Newspaper. Sullivan, has been an Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County for the past three years. He is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk…
Read More »Artist Anne Ruthmann on her Facebook page shares her vision for redevelopment of the Smith Baker Center, which is in harmony with preliminary plans laid out by the Lowell Plan, Inc., in its recent creative economy development plan for Lowell, and in the Smith Baker re-use report issued in 2008 by…
Read More »Safi Shams grew up in Israel and recently completed his master’s degree research on the 19th century American industrial revolution at UML. He shares his observations on events in Egypt and Tunisia as of two days ago: The recent events at Egypt and Tunisia echo similar themes and emanate from…
Read More »Tony Sampas peered through a snowbank to photograph this sign for the Southeast Asian Market on Cardinal O’Connell Parkway in Lowell
Read More »Save the Date! Saturday March 12, 2011 The Friends of the Tewksbury Patriotic Activities Committee will hold its Annual “St. Patty’s” Day Breakfast and Roast to benefit TPAC’s year-round fun and free activities like the Memorial Day Parade and the 4th of July fireworks. Well-known area comedian, writer and personality Steve…
Read More »Today MassMoments reminds us that on February 7, 1978 snow was falling in Massachusetts at an inch a minute. This three day record-breaking Nor’easter – known as the Blizzard of ’78 paralyzed the Commonweath and the region. The recent snows and storms might have reminded us – as well – of our Blizzard…
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