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USS Constitution under sail
Here’s a US Navy video of the sometimes self-propelled voyage of USS Constitution in Boston Harbor on Sunday (August 19, 2012). [youtube]qC2wLwJBADE[/youtube]
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“Meanderings” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this essay: I am looking forward to the 33rd. season of Monday Night Football. Tonight, the Patriots take on the Philadelphia Eagles. One of the concerns is keeping Michael Vick healthy. For some reason, Michael Vick, the name, sticks out in my miind as…
Read More »Letters from Ireland (2012) and France (1918)
For those with an interest in history, there are a couple of posts on local blogs that you should check out. Dave McKean reports from Ireland on his quest to learn more about Hugh Cummiskey on the Lowell Irish blog Eileen Loucraft reproduces a poignant letter sent by her husband’s…
Read More »Globe profile of Elizabeth Warren
Yesterday’s Globe carried one in a series of lengthy profiles tracing the background of the two candidates for United States Senate in Massachusetts this year. This article was about Elizabeth Warren and her career as a law school professor. It’s an important article in that – in my opinion –…
Read More »Tyrone Diary – Day 1
Dave McKean, the amazing archivist of St. Patrick’s parish, is in Ireland this week to learn more about the times from which Hugh Cummiskey, the first and most famous leader of the Irish in Lowell, emerged. In yesterday’s post on his Lowell Irish blog, Dave describes his visit to the…
Read More »Southeast Asian Water Festival
The rain held off yesterday and the weather proved to be excellent for the 16th Annual Southeast Water Festival. Thousands of people from Lowell and from all over the region and the country came to the north bank of the Merrimack River to enjoy food, music, dancing, boat races and…
Read More »“Dark Shadows” by John Edward
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, contributes the following column. Investing is not for the faint of heart. Danger lurks in these unstable times. Thankfully, money market funds offer a risk-free place…
Read More »Today is voter registration deadline for September primary
If you’ve not already registered to vote – although I suspect most reading this are already registered – today is the deadline if you want to participate in this year’s primary election which will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012. That’s right – the primary is on a Thursday…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery Tours – Save the Dates
Here are the dates for this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10 am Friday, September 28, 2012 at 1 pm Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10 am All of these tours begin and end at the Knapp Avenue…
Read More »Mayor Murphy visits City Life
There was some compelling local cable TV yesterday. At 6am on City Life hosts John McDonough and George Anthes were visited by their regular every-other-Monday guest, former City Manager and School Committee member Bill Taupier. They ended up with a second, unexpected guest: Mayor Patrick Murphy who arrived at about…
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