Chasing Echoes: Unraveling New England’s Typewriter Legacy

May 29, 2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

Restoring vintage typewriters: A portal to Lowell’s past, igniting inspiration for writing today. Explore the journey of authors-turned-restorers.

Harvard Brewery – A Lowell Tale of Fires, Wartime Enemy Sympathizers, and Prohibition Raids

January 21, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

That Harvard Brewery building stares at you, like it has a secret. Because it does. When you pull in to park at Lowell’s Target, those twelve little windows peer forward, each covered with corrugated sheet metal that’s been painted the color of pistachio ice cream. (Why?) That Harvard Brewery building has ghosts like anything that […]

Like us on Facebook – Introducing the Forgotten New England Facebook Page

November 22, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Over five years in and I’ve finally gotten around to creating a Facebook page for Forgotten New England. Please stop by, like the page, peruse the posts, and enjoy! I’ll be posting regular content as we build the page, and community. https://www.facebook.com/forgottennewengland/

Merrimack Valley Magazine Feature! Remembering Lowell’s Prince Spaghetti

November 8, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We made the latest issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine, with an article featuring Lowell’s Prince Macaroni Company! With all the talk around Sacred Heart lately: the changes to the old school and parish grounds, and the Neighborhood Endowed Scholarship at UMass Lowell, as well as the sale of the old Prince Macaroni pasta plant last June, […]

Remembering Lowell’s Giant Store

September 27, 2014.Reading time 13 minutes.

Do you remember shopping at Lowell’s Giant Store? For decades, the Giant Store promised ‘giant savings’ and helped form the core of Downtown Lowell’s department store heyday that included other iconic shops like the Bon Marché, Pollards, and Cherry & Webb.

Lowell’s Franco American School and its Connection to my Family History

January 13, 2013.Reading time 9 minutes.

Lowell’s Irish and French Canadian populations long had an uneasy relationship. I grew up hearing about it, a century after the French Canadians first starting appearing in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. By the time the French Canadians began arriving in Lowell, the Irish Catholics – who had started appearing a generation earlier – had […]

The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940.

January 1, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940 crossed Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts within just a few days in February 1940. Locals said it was the biggest storm to hit the region since the New England Hurricane of 1938, some 15 months before. The first flurries started on the morning of Valentine’s Day, before progressing into […]