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Usually, when I am asked where to find inspirational quotes, I say to go to one of four sources; The Bible, Shakespeare, or Mark Twain, or Abraham Lincoln. Today, in direct defiance of my instructions, I found one of the best quotes I have ever heard or read in Aesop,…

Here’s what I selected as the top political events of 2012 back on December 31st of that year: 1. Elizabeth Warren defeated Scott Brown for the United States Senate, 54% to 46%. Warren won Lowell by nearly 6,000 votes. Many of those who voted for Warren have not regularly participated…

Continuing my review of local political events from years past, here is what I posted back in 2011: Here is my own eclectic list of important things that happened in 2011. 1. The local political lineup changed considerably in 2011. Steve Panagiotakos, who was elected to the Lowell School Committee…

As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review).  Here is 2009: It was a busy year in Lowell politics, so I won’t limit myself to just ten items. Here is my…

As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review).  Here is 2008: The Lowell School Committee hired Dr. Chris Scott to follow Dr. Karla Brooks Baehr as Superintendent of Schools. The future…

As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review).  Here is 2007: Marty Meehan resigns from Congress to become Chancellor of UMass Lowell. Niki Tsongas wins Democratic primary in Congressional special election,…

Over the weekend there was some discussion on Facebook about some mayoral history.  Here’s a guide to those men and women who have served as the city’s mayor since 1966 with a synopsis of the mayoral election and a list of the councilors who served during that term: 1966 –…

On this final weekend of 2014, here are my top ten Lowell political events of the year (in no particular order).  They are followed by some other noteworthy public occurrences during this past year.  So here they are: Top Ten Lowell Political Events of 2014 At its inaugural ceremony in…