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These thoughts were written by Marjorie Arons-Barron yesterday, the day before polls opened, and are being cross posted from Marjorie’s own blog. I’m not given to quoting Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s blog, but, as we embark with certain misgivings on the last 17- hour countdown till the polls open, I note…
Read More »This is my favorite paragraph from the wonderful novel The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald. In this scene the narrator, Nick Carraway looks across the bay at Long Island, New York, for the last time. Lest we forget on this election day…the great promise of America. And as…
Read More »In a fitting tribute on Election Day, Tony Sampas shares some photos from the permanent exhibition at UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center. “Beyond individual achievement and failure, there is common purpose, shared and inescapable. It is not purpose derived from legislative mandates. It is genetic. It resides in every being because it…
Read More »Each day this November, thanks to Eileen Loucraft, a native of Chelmsford, who while researching her family history, became interested in remembering those from Greater Lowell who fought and died in the First World War, we will present a contemporary news story of one such soldier. Today, we learn about…
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick made a quick stop in Lowell today, stopping at the Appleton Mills project to shake hands with the many members of the building trades who are working there. Surrounded by hardhats in the midst of the construction site, the Governor pointed to a story in today’s Globe…
Read More »Humor has a special power and an ability to deliver an acute message…especially when it comes to political issues. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart proved this Saturday with their “Restore Sanity Rally”. These two may becoming the country’s voices of reason. Here is the video of Colbert’s memorable entrance filmed…
Read More »Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day which marked the end of World War One on November 11, 1918. Millions died in that conflict and America escaped relatively unscathed. But 116,000 of our countrymen lost their lives in battle during that war and 205,000 were wounded. Several hundred of them…
Read More »Tony Sampas high above the city to find some interesting images. Above is near St Joseph’s Hospital. Below is on Willie Street.
Read More »Halloween morning Middlesex Community College staffers (friends and family too) participated in Lowell’s Monster Dash. Well, the dash is not really a dash..it is actually a duathlon. Contestants ran 3.1 miles, biked 14.1 miles then finished off with another 3.1 mile run. The race started at the Lowell Elks on…
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