A regular reader gave us a heads-up on the Elizabeth Warren story in the current edition of New York Magazine. Insiders at her Lowell meeting a few weeks ago knew that she was being shadowed by the magazine’s writer Jason Zengerle. In “A Saint with Elbows” he poses the question -“In…
Celebrate Giving! with Greater Lowell Community Foundation Please join us for an evening dedicated to philanthropy in our community. UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center 50 Warren Street Lowell, Massachusetts Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. COCKTAIL RECEPTION 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. PROGRAM 6:30 p.m. …
Just a quick note on more redistricting fall-out. Lost in the angst locally and elsewhere over the congressional districts redistricting plan is the shuffle in the Governor’s Council districts. In the it’s “all among friends” geograpical dance – Governor’s Councilor Marilyn Pettito Devaney has lost the First Middlesex Senatorial District to friend…
CTI will be hosting the 3rd Annual “Festival of Wreaths” event which is held in conjunction with Lowell’s City of Lights Parade on Saturday, November 26th, 2 -7pm. Admission is free. The Festival of Wreaths Gala Preview Party will be held on Friday, November 25th, 6 – 9 pm…
The City of Lawrence continues to struggle with leadership issues. In today’s Eagle-Tribune, Mark Vogler writes of Mayor William Lantigua’s letter to Mitchell Chester, the state’s elementary and secondary education commissioner, requesting the “appointment of a Receiver, pursuant to all applicable laws within the Commissioner’s authority to assist Lawrence Public…
On this day – November 15, 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C. – against the Vietnam War. The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War – it took place across the United…
Paul Krugman’s recent column on the successful approach to health care practiced by the Veterans Health Administration (V.H.A.) and candidate Mitt Romney’s “vouchers for veterans” proposal is worth a read. Calling the GOP “thing about vouchers” strictly about ideology… so “successful programs like veterans’ health, Social Security and Medicare are…
There are many images of nuns out there – from the movies, from the media and from our own experiences in school or CCD. While the flowing robes of habit and confines of a wimple have given way to simple skirts or suits and a no-nonsense hair cut, few realize…
On this day – November 13, 1830 – a poem by Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr. entitled “Old Ironsides” was published. The USS Constitution – “Old Ironsides” – on her 213th birthday – October 21, 2010. She is berthed at Pier 1 of the former Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. Holmes had…
Ms Lura Smith local gospel singer, activist and philanthropist Community Teamwork, Inc. & the Merrimack Valley Regional Network to End Homelessness Present: Lura Smith in a Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving November 19, 2911 from 12:00 – 2:00PM Eliot Presbyterian Church 273 Summer Street Lowell MA Special Guest…
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