Did you catch the news last week that the Boston Globe is being sold? John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox purchased the paper from the New York Times Company which had owned the Globe since 1993. Included in the sale were the websites boston.com and BostonGlobe.com…
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I noticed the following Help Wanted ad in yesterday’s Boston Globe: Greater Lowell Technical High School Tyngsboro MA Superintendent-Director Located in northeastern Massachusetts, this district of approximately 150,000 people is seeking an accomplished educator/administrator to lead the school district of 2,100 students, 340 staff members, and a budget of $36…
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John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. In my last column, I discussed marginal thinking. Marginal analysis is a very useful decision-making tool. If you are trying to figure…
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Last month I had the good fortune to spend a week in Berlin, Germany. It’s an amazing city and its multitude of iconic buildings and public statues make it resemble one giant museum although it has plenty of those, too. It’s almost as if during the Cold War when there…
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August 5, 2013 – Monday 210 Smith St Unit 2 for $49,735 (2011 Foreclosure deed for $132,289) 313 High St for $115,199 (2010 Foreclosure deed for $245,000) August 6, 2013 – Tuesday 153 School St for $258,000 (2012 for $150,500) August 7, 2013 – Wednesday 182 Wentworth Ave for $388,000…
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Meeting a United States Senator in person is rare for most people, me included, so yesterday was an unusual experience for me because I spent some time with our junior senator, Ed Markey, not once but twice: first in the morning here in Lowell and then in the evening at…
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Sorry but I’m not going to make any order-of-finish predictions for the city council primary. The headline was just a cheap trick to get you to read this post. I do have some thoughts on the fact that there will be a primary, assuming a few of the 21 individuals…
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Above is a screen shot of the new Steve Gendron for Lowell School Committee website. You can find the actual website is here. Steve’s Twitter account (which is here), announces that he will be a guest on WCAP radio tomorrow morning at 8:15. Below is a portion of the “About…
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