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Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet tomorrow – Saturday morning – March 21, 2015 at 8am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday March 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte.…
Read More »Last night I was among the 2015 Anam Cara honorees – this award recognizes local “soul friends” who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Irish Culture and Heritage in the Greater-Lowell. After listening to the Acre Forum panelists – I felt so much a part of their experience…
Read More »Two important Lowell annual events get a change of date and a change of face! The 2015 Lowell Winterfest event is postponed from this coming weekend to the weekend of March 13-14. Too much snow has caused the City Manager and organizers to reschedule since the DPW workers are just…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) will meet this coming Saturday morning February 21, 2015 at 8am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford . Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday February 21, 2015 at 8:00 AM At the Independence Grill/ Radisson Hotel Rte. 110…
Read More »This is a cross-post from LowellIrish where historian Dave McKeon comments about cartoonist Thomas Nast and his apparent ant-Irish and anti-Catholic cartoon attacks. He offers another side of Nast – who by the way wasn’t very fond of Ben Butler and subjected him to the Nast-y cartoon pen. He asks…
Read More »There is much about politics for which Massachusetts is well-known. An infamous historical note rests with Governor Elbridge Gerry and his redistricting method known ever since as “Gerrymandering.” Cartoonists memorialized his efforts in a “Gerrymander” creature that resembled that of a salamander-like monster. From the archive: Infamous “Gerrymander” Made Massachusetts Law ~…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley ~ Rumors and Rumblings… Maybe people need a distraction from the weather, whatever the cause – rumors and rumblings are reverberating around the Merrimack Valley. Soft rumblings in the Town of TEWKSBURY… will Scott Wilson run for reelection for the Board of Selectmen? papers were pulled…
Read More »As I look out on a frozen landscape piled high with the snows of the more recent “Blizzard of 2015” and anticipate a long duration storm predicted to bring another 10-15 inches, I’m remembering along with MassMoments, the Blizzard of ’78. There is an historical record of the Blizzard of…
Read More »This is a post from our colleague Tony from last year noting the anniversary of the death of Robert Frost who died on January 29, 1963. Today there is an interesting story in the Andover Townsman about Frost’s visit to Phillips Academy in 1960. Celebrate the genius of this Merrimack…
Read More »With two national parks – Minuteman National Park and Lowell National Historical Park – in her Third District – getting this appointment as the highest ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands is a coup for Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and for her constituents. As announced today by…
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