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Mass Moments, the daily digest of historical events in the Commonwealth, reports that the Massachusetts Constitution was adopted on this date in 1780. Written primarily by John Adams, the document endured a lengthy ratification process which was finalized on June 15, 1780, making the next day the date of its…
Read More »Earlier this evening I attended the Annual Meeting of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. As an early advocate and a founding member of the Community Foundation along with Dick Donahue, Peter Stamas, Mary Bacigalupo, George Duncan and others – I have a special interest in the Foundation. I’m happy to report that the…
Read More »Read the Globe’s report about the views of the editorial board of Mass. Benchmarks, which tracks the state’s economy. Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell is a member of the board. Click here for Rob Gavin’s article in the Globe, and consider subscribing if you appreciate the writing. And here’s…
Read More »There’s a tweet out there notifying people that the “Smokestack Lightning” and “Coffin Dust” book launch party at the Old Court is this Friday, but that’s a week early. I understand the excitement and wild expectation. We’ll have to wait one more week, however, for the prose and Guinness. Come…
Read More »This is the seventh of a series of posts I will be doing on human evolution. The previous one can be found here. As always, please leave any questions you’d like to have answered. For quite some time scientists have known that there were three separate instances of hominids leaving…
Read More »UMass Lowell hockey broadcasts have been over for many weeks, the WUML-FM SUNRISE radio program is long-gone, WLLH’s MORNING MAGAZINE is a memory, and I’m missing the voice of radioman Bob Ellis on the Merrimack Valley airwaves. Bob’s voice is a piece of our modern cultural history in this region,…
Read More »Midway through my freshman year at Providence College I joined the ROTC program. PT, or physical training, was a big part of Army life so running became part of my daily routine back then. Thirty years later, it still is. Because I run for exercise and enjoyment, my distance, speed…
Read More »The Merrimack Valley has seen changes or changes are in the works at the top level of many school districts lately – Tewksbury, Dracut, Andover, Lawrence, Haverhill, Greater Lowell Voke, Greater Lawrence Voke and probably more. There are so many that even the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents can’t keep its website…
Read More »There’s still time to register for the Innovative Cities Conference this week at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Speakers will include former White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrion, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, and urban affairs experts and city leaders from Ann Arbor (Mich.), Asheville…
Read More »Click here for details on acclaimed American filmmaker Ken Burns’ talk at Lowell Memorial Auditorium tomorrow evening and ticket info.
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