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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…
Read More »The Commonwealth’s Registers of Deeds, both those newly elected and those re-elected in this past November’s state election, gathered earlier this evening at the State House in Boston for an Administration of the Oath of Office Ceremony conducted by Secretary of State William Galvin (above). The ceremony was immediately followed…
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Read More »Here are my Top Ten events and developments in Lowell in 2012. Please add your own using the comment feature: 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…
Read More »It’s Top Ten time. I’ll post my list of top Lowell events of the past year tomorrow morning, but I’ve been rolling out similar posts for past years. My list for 2007 is HERE and for 2009 is HERE. For some reason, my Top Ten lists seem to be every…
Read More »Back in 1986, the “Tax Simplification Act” drastically changed the way real estate transactions, among many other things, were taxed. That year’s December 31 was one of the busiest days in the history of the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds (so I am told since I was not yet there…
Read More »Lowell City Hall. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »I couldn’t find my Lowell list from 2008 so we’ll just skip from yesterday’s 2007 Top Ten to the following inventory from 2009: (Originally posted on December 29, 2009) It was a busy year in Lowell politics, so I won’t limit myself to just ten items. Here is my list…
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