Doug Sparks

“Vacuum in the Dark” is the sort of novel you want to shove into the hands of anyone who thinks that novels don’t matter anymore.

On Friday, January 31, The Merrimack River Watershed Council (MRWC) will hold its fourth annual State of the Waters conference.

We never had a great name for 2000-09. Sometimes called the aughts, but start a conversation with “Back in the aughts …” and you’ll get strange looks.

As we head deeper into the winter months, it’s harder to find opportunities to get outside for exercise, but a walk in nature might be the easiest solution.

Robert Rivers, the chair and CEO of Eastern Bank, was awarded the 2019 Dave Tibbetts Awards at the annual Lawrence Partnership meeting on Dec. 18.

“Correspondents” is a complex and ambitious novel that manages to handle a wide cast of characters and multiple settings with both intimacy and clarity.

The great part about gray days is that they leave you longing for warmth. You wouldn’t know the true gift of heat if you didn’t also know the wind and rain.

Doug Sparks reviews ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ – the latest co-production from the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, City Theatre and Victory Gardens.

The search for longevity often begins with the lives of centenarians. Here are five steps on the road to aging well.

My Time Among the Voyagers Early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 7, a group of kayakers began its journey down the length of the…

I have documented the attempted restoration of my eroded health in past letters, but while we were putting together this issue, I found new inspiration: In…

The Final Day of the Merrimack River Valley Voyagers Expedition In August of 1839, Henry David Thoreau and his brother, John, travelled up and down…