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Cardinal Sean O’Malley commented on his blog this week about his visit to Lowell last Saturday evening. First he celebrated the 4 o’clock Mass at the Immaculate Conception Parish. The Immaculate happens to be my parish – Bill and I attended the Mass and the D’Youville event. The Cardinal writes: I spent Saturday…
Read More »From the NYTimes website, here are several poems in which the writers speak to the daylight savings time experience. It’s a big deal when the NYT gives this kind of premium space to poets. The contributors are well known.
Read More »The New York Times notes the passing onTuesday of Jule Sugarman – the primary architect of the 45-year old Head Start program. Jule Sugarman, a primary architect of Head Start, the federal support program for millions of poor preschoolers, died Tuesday at his home in Seattle. He was 83… Mr.…
Read More »Cliff on right-side-of-lowell has a new link to a blog by freelance reporter Michael Yon in the AfPak zone that includes a new stunning photograph of Mount Everest. Yon made a side trip to the Himalayas. Here’s the link to see the image.
Read More »For today’s paper, Sun reporters Andrea Gregory and John Collins wrote a moving account of the last hours of Lowell resident Judyann Lamothe’s life and gave readers a sense of her short life, including the brights spots and challenges. She was from my neighborhood, someone who lived at Bishop Markham…
Read More »A few hundred generous donors and friends of the American Textile History Museum last night gathered to recognize the extraordinary community service and leadership contributions of Brenda Costello. At the same time, the museum marked its first 50 years in the Merrimack Valley. A good measure of the success of a…
Read More »David “Uncle Dave” Brooks in the NYTimes and Ron Brownstein in the National Journal both write this week about the Democrats’ problem with a certain kind of voter in the middle of the United States. Here’s Uncle Dave referencing his colleague Brownstein: As Ronald Brownstein of the National Journal noted, “The…
Read More »As the just completed election drew near, seven recent mayors of Lowell gathered in front of City Hall to take an endorsement photo with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. The photo appeared in a brochure that was distributed to many but not all homes. In case you missed it, here’s another view.…
Read More »A friend who is enrolled in the Public History graduate program at UMass Boston recently shared the following information about an upcoming lecture that might be of interest to some of our readers. Here’s the information: On this special day of remembrance [Pearl Harbor Day], Dr. Edward T. Linenthal of…
Read More »Columnist E. J. Dionne (from Southeastern Mass.) writes today that US Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California deserves the opportunity to be minority leader in the US House of Rep’s. E. J. makes the case that the woman who is still Speaker of the House can still lead the Democrats. I…
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