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Bernie Sanders, Good Parenting & Market Basket By George Chigas In a recent Boston Globe editorial (“We asked every Democratic presidential candidate the same reader question,” Feb. 25, 2020) each of the candidates competing for the Democrat Party nomination listed their top policy priorities. For most, the climate emergency topped…
Read More »Please welcome Matthew Jones to our roster of contributors: Something Terrible I Stopped Thinking About By Matthew H. Jones A million years ago, when I was nearing my eleventh birthday, I swam in a lake almost completely sheathed by evergreens and old growth. It was man-made with a looming cement…
Read More »Super Tuesday The Massachusetts Presidential Primary Election is this Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The polls in Massachusetts will be open from 7am until 8pm. In Lowell, at least, there will be no school that day (which is a security measure since most polling places are within schools). Here are the…
Read More »Making Peace with the Duke By David Daniel TCM was running a John Wayne retrospective, and Lacey, the bartender, had it on the TV. “Isn’t there a Bruins game?” I asked. “What, you got a problem with the Duke?” someone on the stool to my left said. He had shoulders…
Read More »Lowell Walks is back in 2020, bigger and better than ever. This year, we’ve partnered with Lowell National Historical Park to offer 25 different Saturday morning walks. Here they are: March 7 at 10am: Women’s Activism in Lowell Walk with Resi Polixa, Allison Horrocks, Anne Mulvey, and Sheri Denk –…
Read More »This morning the Trustees of the Pollard Memorial Library hosted a celebration of the restoration of the library’s “Washington at Dorchester Heights” painting. Done by local artist Samuel Howes, the painting is modeled on Gilbert Stuart’s classic painting of the same name. The restoration was made possible through the generosity…
Read More »There is no City Council meeting this week due to school vacation so focus shifts to state politics today. State Democratic Convention While the 2020 Presidential election gets all of the attention these days, there will also be a state election this fall. All members of the state legislature –…
Read More »Heart of Glass By David Daniel Walking along the beach with Jasmyn, holding her hand, both bundled against the mid-February air, William found himself thinking of another time, another woman . . . “Oh my God!” Lucinda had squealed. “Thank you!” William blushed when she kissed him. “It’s only glass.”…
Read More »It’s Time to Vote Up or Shut Up By George Chigas As much as we like to rail against “he who must not be named,” it’s ultimately not his fault. He’s just doing what a [noun of orange hue] would normally do in his situation. If the zookeeper decides to…
Read More »Here are the motions on the agenda for this Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting: Councilor Mercier – Req. City Council create an ordinance or file a Home Rule Petition that prevents a City Councilor from holding another elective office during their term. Councilor Samaras – Req. City Mgr. create a…
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