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February is Black History Month. Gray Fitzsimons in 2011 created a downtown walking tour of sites associated with the anti-slavery history in Lowell. Gray, a former Historian at Lowell National Historical Park, offers extensive commentary on the twelve highlighted sites. He got an assist on this project from Martha Mayo,…
Read More »Illustrations from the Blizzard of ’78, when I was living at Whitecliff Manor apartment complex off Mammoth Road in Dracut. I made these colored sketches in my big writing notebook, sitting at a desk in front of a window in my bedroom that overlooked the parking lot.—PM
Read More »Overnight, I heard the BBC report that Peter Seeger had died, a man whose life became absorbed in the music of our nation both as a singer of traditional songs and a composer of new works. I was lucky enough to hear him sing when I was a high school…
Read More »“North Chelmsford” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 2010] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »“Canal Bridge, East Merrimack Street” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, Somerville, Mass., is featured in an article about the innovative way the community tries to measure the happiness of its residents. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Salem, Mass., has a new marketing logo and slogan. Read the boston.com article here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »99 years ago on Janurary 15, 20,000 people took to the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Why? Prof. Bob Forrant of the UMass Lowell History Dept. sent news about a community meeting to help plan events for the 2012 centennial of the legendary Bread & Roses Strike in Lawrence. The meeting,…
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