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MassMoments reminds us today that when Asa Mercer of Seattle set out to recruit young women of good character to travel to the Northwest and fill the need for teachers in the Washington Territory, he came first to Lowell, Massachusetts. Why New England? Why Lowell? His reasoning was pretty straightforward:…
Read More »Jim Sampas grew up on Wilder Street in the Highlands. His aunt Stella married Jack Kerouac in the 1960s. These days, Jim is a producer of music recordings and movies, the latest project being a feature film based on Kerouac’s 1962 novel “Big Sur.” The movie premiered at the Sundance…
Read More »Another excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier’s “The Stranger in Lowell” (1843).—PM . “As a matter of course, in a city like this, composed of all classes of our many-sided population, a great variety of religious sects have their representatives in Lowell. The young city is dotted over with ‘steeple houses,’…
Read More »In response to my request earlier today for a correspondent to report on tonight’s meeting on the future of the Rourke Bridge and vicinity, someone kindly took up my offer and sent the following: The subject of tonight’s meeting was the many intersections in the area, what the current status…
Read More »Tonight is the informational meeting on the Rourke Bridge, Wood Street, Westford Street and Drum Hill Road Corridor Study and Feasibility Analysis. This public meeting – i.e., open to everyone – goes from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Lowell General Hospital’s Clark Auditorium, 295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA. Due…
Read More »Ivy, our Yellow Lab, turns 5 years old today. The photo above is from this morning. Despite the temperature of only 1 degree, she still wanted to go for a walk but the human side of that equation thought better of it.
Read More »2nd Annual Chili Contest! SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 12 – 4 PM (Snow: Sunday, January 27, 12 – 4) Vote for your favorite chili and let your tastebuds be heard! $10.00 – Tickets at the Brush Gallery Proceeds to support our Special Perspectives Art Program for developmentally delay adults. Click here to learn…
Read More »Father Matt Malone, S. J. The editor-in-chief of the highly-regarded Jesuit magazine “America” – Matt Malone, S. J. – has deep ties to Lowell, Massachusetts. For a few years he was an aide to Congressman Marty Meehan. His Lowell experience made a lasting imprression as we can see by the…
Read More »In 1843, the poet, newspaper editor, and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) published a collection of essays titled The Stranger in Lowell. For a time, he published a newspaper called The Middlesex Standard in Lowell. He was born in Haverhill and lived in both Amesbury and Haverhill. Following is an…
Read More »For the second straight week the Lowell City Council zipped through its meeting tonight, sticking to the agenda and not wandering too far afield on any particular issue (although the buzz on Facebook speculates that as the city election draws closer, the meetings will get lengthier). Old favorites made their…
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