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A week ago tonight big clumps of heavy wet snow were falling from the sky, weakening tree limbs that would eventually fall onto electrical wires and leave us in cold and darkness for five days. I’ve already shared my opinion on why it took so long to restore power. Tonight…
Read More »A new YouTube video by the Patrick Murphy campaign: [youtube]efF_nrOL72Y[/youtube] As was the case two years ago, Patrick Murphy is setting the standard in the use of video as a campaign tool in a local election. With the cost of display of $0 and the cost of production being a…
Read More »Somehow I thought the moment of power restoration would be more dramatic. Instead, I received a hurried phone call at work. “National Grid trucks are on our street now.” I hopped in my car with its “collision wrapped” rear window (see below) and zipped home, happy that all the traffic…
Read More »Sorry for the gap in posts but all of our authors were hit pretty hard by the storm. Like so many other area residents, I’m still without power (Tuesday, November 1 at 2:30 pm) at home and there’s no sign it will be restored anytime soon. When keeping warm and…
Read More »This is the third in a series of posts about Lowell’s canals. The first was on the Pawtucket Canal and the second on the Middlesex Canal. Links to all can be found on our “History” page (see link along upper right corner of your screen). Today’s topic is the Merrimack…
Read More »Regular reader and sometimes contributor Mike Luciano sent this post about a recent column in our local newspaper: The last time I wrote a critical post about a Peter Lucas column, I told myself I was going to leave the poor guy alone. After all, it’s not his fault that…
Read More »With the city election only ten days away, here are the results of the last municipal election: NOTE: Incumbents shown in italics City Council (elect 9) Rita Mercier – 6882 Bud Caulfield – 6334 Franky Descoteaux – 6186 Kevin Broderick – 5722 Jim Milinazzo – 5711 Bill Martin – 5642…
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Read More »The political world is abuzz about a Herman Cain video ad that features Cain’s campaign manager, standing against a wall, staring into the camera, and talking about the candidate for about 45 seconds. When he stops talking, he takes a drag on a cigarette. The ad already has more than…
Read More »The announcement today by John Olver that he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2012 should make the imminent task of reducing Massachusetts from ten to nine Congressional seats a bit easier. Indications are that the Joint Legislative Committee on Redistricting will release its proposed redistricting map early in…
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