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You might have missed this important preservation funding announcement last week amid the angst of snow storms, school closings and snow-laden roofs. At a gathering in the Emancipation Room at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C. – a National Trust Historic Site and a Save America’s Treasures success story – it was announced…
Read More »From Tony Sampas: Making my way to the pastry shop. Walking past the beautifully restored Community Family building on Broadway
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Congressman Stephen Lynch was against the President’s health reform proposal before he was for it, and now he thinks that Republican efforts to repeal the law are “a colossal waste of time.” Better, he says, to focus on…
Read More »For many years I understood the importance of adding more vegetables to my diet, but I struggled to move beyond frozen peas and corn. Two years ago I discovered Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and its summer-long flow of locally grown, fresh vegetables of both the old standby varieties like sweet…
Read More »George Koumantzelis photographed this historic event at the Smith Baker Center in June 1988, on the eve of the dedication of the Jack Kerouac Commemorative. More than 1,000 people attended what was described as the most important poetry reading in America of that year. Shown here on stage are Allen…
Read More »Here are a couple of interesting videos coming out of Chelmsford. This video was posted by Teamreadyrealestate. That’s Joe Ready and his brother of Ready Real Estate having a little fun after shoveling off a clients roof. The boys are the children of the well known Dennis and Donna Ready…
Read More »John M. Guilfoil of the Boston Globe Staff write today that Cambridge City Manager – Robert Healy – is the highest paid municipal manager in the Commonwealth and he reports that Healy – quoted in a Walter Robinson /Cambridge Day article – says that he is worth every penny. Healy who has served as city…
Read More »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…
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