Politics

More Merrimack Valley Political News: Northern Essex Register of Deeds Candidates Etc.

The scent of vulnerabilty surrounds the position of  Northern Essex Register of Deed . Until yesterday, Register Robert Kelley was the target of former Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi. With Manzi now focused on the First Essex State Senate race, two other Democrats are now taking aim at Kelley. In recent months…

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In the Merrimack Valley: Manzi “In” for First Essex District State Senate Seat

 Former Mayor of Methuen Bill Manzi (from the files of the Eagle Tribune) Since former State Senator Steve Baddour resigned from his seat on April 1 to join a prestigious Boston law firm, rumors have been running around the Valley about a possible successor. Would former State Senator and Baddour-mentor Jim Jajuga…

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Tewksbury Election Results

Results of today’s Tewksbury Town elections: (* winner) Number Voting:     4433           Percentage voting:   21.4%  Selectman: *Gay (I):  2600                * Wilson (I):  2195 Marcin:    1155                     Miano:  1572 Planning Board: *Reed (I):   2548                 Sullivan:  1455 Board of Health: Fernald (I):  1993              * Sheehan (I):   2243                  *Brother: 2368 Shawsheen School Committee: Downing (I): 1536             * Kelley:  2345 Question 1:     DEFEATED Yes:     1465                         * No: 2914 Notes…

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President Lincoln Shot ~April 14, 1865

 Abraham Lincoln Memorial On this day April 14 in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer,  fatally shot the 16th President of the United States  Abraham Lincoln while he was attending a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.  The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered…

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Presidential visits to Lowell

My recent article in the local history section of Howl in Lowell (Andrew Jackson, Charles Dickens and Lowell) told the story of visits to Lowell by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 and English novelist Charles Dickens in 1842. My story prompted Eileen Loucraft to compile a list of all US…

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“Remember the Ladies”

  Young Abigail Adams (1766)  Portrait by Benjamin Blythe We are reminded that on this day March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams – future President of the United States – as he and other members of the Continental Congress were gathered as the governing body of the Thirteen Colonies.…

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