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What to Make of the Violence in Mexico?

July 9, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell 5 Comments

Is the murder and mayhem in Mexico bizarre and disconnected from us as we sit so far from our nation’s southern border or is it maybe the leading edge of some form of mass chaos that could crack the social earth right here? Another 17 people gunned down in a bar in Monterey, Mexico, adding to the…

In the Merrimack Valley: Civil War Soldier Sumner Needham Remembered

July 9, 2011 by Marie Posted in Greater Lowell, History 2 Comments

Sumner Needham grave in the Bellevue Cemetery Lawrence, Massachusetts In rememberance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Eagle Tribune is running a nine-part series exploring the important Merrimack Valley connections to the war and honoring the local soldiers who served. Today’s entry remembers Sumner Needham who along…