A unique perspective on the Boott Mills, by Tony Sampas.
June 4th, 2012
Notes from the Democratic Convention
I’ve already written about Elizabeth Warren winning the votes of 95.77% of the delegates at Saturday’s Democratic State Convention in Springfield, so here are a some other notes from the day:
State Treasurer Steve Grossman who was the first speaker of the day had supporters distributing to each delegate a small orange pocket note book (orange being Grossman’s signature color) emblazoned with the Treasurer’s name, website and Facebook and Twitter handles plus this quote from Franklin Roosevelt: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” Grossman was followed to the podium by Secretary of State Bill Galvin who oversaw the posting of the colors by the Springfield Central High School Junior Air Force ROTC color guard, the singing of the National Anthem, and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. In his remarks, Galvin (who is the state’s chief election officer) said the great challenge of 2012 is not just the US Senate and the Presidency, but whether we will protect the values we stand for, citing health care and the US Supreme Court’s “assault” on the right to vote. read more »
June 4th, 2012
Kerouac Park Spruce-Up
Thanks to City Manager Bernie Lynch and Acting Supt. of Lowell National Park Peter Aucella, several excellent groundskeepers from the City and Park last Thursday spent a few hours sprucing up Kerouac Park and the Jack Kerouac Commemorative (the sculptural tribute) on Bridge Street downtown in preparation for a video-taped report by the UK Travel Channel. The TV program, “American Times,” is broadcast in 118 countries with an audience of more than 30 million people. Kudos to Deb Belanger and the Convention and Visitors Bureau for organizing the visit to Lowell. The SUN published a good story on the visit. The journalists were on a tour of about six places in the state for a one-hour special on Massachusetts. Their focus in Lowell was the local cuisine, the boxing heritage (Mickey O’Keefe of The Fighter and Lowell P.D. was interviewed), and Kerouac (the program host thought JK was from California because of books like Dharma Bums and Big Sur). The City and Park crew took care of the planting beds and lawn, trimmed low branches on the willows and other trees, removed some graffiti on the sculpture, and generally cleaned up. The area looked much improved for the TV taping.
Web photo by Jim Higgins, courtesy of NYTimes
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