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Gerry Leone just last night announced his intention not to seek re-election as Middlesex District Attorney in the 2014 state election and already the Twitter universe is abuzz with speculation about possible candidates to succeed him. I decided to jump into the pool, so here goes: State Senator Eileen Donoghue…
Read More »Last night Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone announced that he will not seek re-election in the 2014 state election nor will he seek any other elective office. Gerry is a long-time prosecutor and has done a great job as DA so his services to the people of Middlesex County (and…
Read More »It’s a complete coincidence that on the very day this year’s nominees for the Academy Awards are announced that I finished by 15 second video submission for the 2013 City of Lowell Movie Contest. While it would be nice to win that $1,000 prize, I’m not in this for the…
Read More »Earlier this evening I visited a UMass Lowell intersession class on Community Psychology as I have for the past four years. It’s always a fun class because the dozen or so students, few of whom are ever from Lowell, have just attended their first-ever Lowell city council meeting the night…
Read More »My level of civic engagement increased substantially this week. On Monday night, I attended a public meeting on the city’s draft Master Plan, Sustainable Lowell 2025, and last night I watched the city council meeting. Well, only the first two and a half hours of the city council meeting. After…
Read More »Tonight seventy or so people gathered at UMass Lowell’s Alumni Hall for the first of two public comment session on the city of Lowell’s draft Master Plan. The full plan is available on the DPD website and a second comment session will be held this Wednesday, January 9th at Lowell…
Read More »The city of Lowell will host a public review and comment session on the city’s draft master plan, “Sustainable Lowell 2025”, tonight at UMass Lowell’s Alumni Hall from 6 until 8 p.m. Alumni Hall is located at 84 University Avenue on the school’s North Campus. A second review and comment…
Read More »Playwright Jack Neary launched his blog “Shards” last January with the best of intentions. As he explains in a blog post written days ago, his plan to write a blog post daily was overcome by events. Jack has permitted us to cross-post entries from his blog, so I’ve done that…
Read More »Congratulations to frequent contributor Jim Peters on his upcoming birthday and condolences on the fire that has put him and his family out of their home for the time being. Jim sent along the following observations on these and other events: Usually these two topics do not mix, but my…
Read More »Today’s Globe reports that soon-to-be former Senator Scott Brown took to the talk radio airways yesterday to swipe at Congressman Ed Markey, a likely opponent in the upcoming special election to fill the US Senate seat now held by John Kerry. Brown asked whether Markey, who has been a Congressman…
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