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Jack is Back! The entry below is being cross posted from local playwright Jack Neary’s own blog called Shards. I’ve been wondering what it would take to get me back on this blog. For some reason, I haven’t been able to get my brain around anything worth typing here. Not…

Thanks to Marie for the informative post on Paul Revere yesterday. As an addition here is the text of the Henry Longfellow poem Paul Revere’s Ride. I’m sure “most” of us remember it from our elementary school days: Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of…

Greetings from the State Legislature at 2011 UMass Lowell Commencement by State Senator, Eileen Donoghue.

This is great raw video showing candidate for US Senator Alan Khazei speaking to a group in Lowell over the weekend. Alan Khazei talks about his plan to defeat Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R). Taken at the Tsongas Center, in Lowell, MA as part of the kickoff to the 2011…

Here is the first campaign video I have seen on YouTube this year. It was posted by sidneyliang and supports the candidacy of Vesna Nuon for Lowell City Council. If you know of any other candidate videos let me know (in the comment section) and I’ll be happy to post…

The outstanding performers of Actors Inc. last night raised the figurative curtain on Jack Neary’s funny and moving play “The Porch” at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Set in a place like Lowell’s Sacred Heart neighborhood in 2004, the play gives voice to the people whom we shop…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Can you say “Mayor for life?” That was the unspoken message of the love-in Wednesday when Mayor Tom Menino spoke to the Boston College CEO’s Club. He has been at the helm in the Hub for an unprecedented…

Here is another fun video from the robotics department at UMass Lowell. Spring semester students exhibited their work in Boston Cyberarts 2011.

This video was originally posted by nhrrman on YouTube. A Moose Mountain Production filmed by Richard ‘Moose’ Ouellette takes a look at the Lowell,MA trolley operation on 10/05/1989. The car 4131 is a replica of a Brill “Semi-convertible” car which is suited to all-weather operation. Built in 1987 by Gomaco…

Several weeks ago construction began on a $3 million improvement project for River Road in Tewksbury. As I understand it there will be a radical rework of the junctions of Bailey and River Road and Hood and River Road as well as major drainage improvements.