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Lowell City Council meeting: April 14, 2015
Bowa Tucker, President of Lowell’s African American Alliance addresses the Council about the upcoming Nelson Mandela Overlook fundraiser breakfast which will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 8 am to 10 am at the Sage Bank Pavilion at the Tsongas Arena. The cost is $25 per person. Council…
Read More »“Lowell Reaction to Lincoln Assassination” by Jim Peters
On this 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Jim Peters writes about the reaction in Lowell, especially in the city’s churches: Privates Ladd and Whitney were supposed to be memorialized on April 19, 1865, but instead sixty clergymen from across the country, took part in…
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‘The Lowellian’ (ULowell Alumni Newsletter, Spring 1981)
Following are excerpts from “The Lowellian,” a newsletter for alumni and friends of the University of Lowell, volume 1, number 1, from Spring 1981. Director of Alumni Relations Catherine Quinn conceived of the new publication, which was written and edited by me and designed by Leo Panas of the Art…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981 (4)
This is the fourth and final post in a series drawn from Artifacts, the newsletter of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the 1980s.–PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 6 (1981) Success: Our first major fundraising event can be considered a success! We raised $250 from…
Read More »Presidential race will thwart progress in Congress by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Very knowledgeable politicians speaking in Boston last Monday expressed qualified hopes that Congress could actually get something done. They pointed to the recent “doc fix,” a remedy for the unrealistic curtailment of Medicare payments to providers. The bill passed…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: April 11, 2015
Public Safety Public safety encompasses many things, a few of which came up at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The quarterly overdose report was presented to the council by city Health Department Director Frank Singleton and Trinity Ambulance’s John Chemaly. Things don’t seem to be improving much. The council has latched…
Read More »Can the Smith Baker Center Be Revived as a Community & Cultural Hub?
A community forum to discuss the future of the Smith Baker Center as a community and cultural center is set for Tuesday, April 28, 5.30 pm, at the Senior Center on Broadway St. The top image is a conceptual design showing large identity banners featuring Jack Kerouac, Bette…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981 (3)
This is the third post in a series drawn from Artifacts, the newsletters of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the early 1980s.—PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 5 (1981) Help: On Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, Art Alive! will hold…
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