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City of Lowell Downtown Summit
The City of Lowell hosted a “downtown summit” yesterday at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. In attendance were business owners, downtown residents, non-profit representatives and government officials. After introductory remarks by City Manager Bernie Lynch, participants gathered in four breakout groups to discuss various issues facing the downtown. The observations and…
Read More »Tourism in the Merrimack Valley
One morning last week I attended the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau’s annual Tourism Industry Breakfast at the Courtyard by Marriott in Billerica. State Representative Tom Golden kept things moving as the Master of Ceremonies of the event. State Senator Eileen Donoghue, the co-chair of the legislature’s committee…
Read More »State Courts: “A Catastrophe in Slow Motion”
Earlier this week I attended a speech by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Robert Cordy who spoke with great passion about the fiscal crisis now facing the state’s judiciary. After reviewing the extent of the funding cuts over the past five years, Cordy argued that the courts should not…
Read More »Taking the “paper” out of “newspaper”
Today in the New York Times, media columnist David Carr profiles John Paton, the new-since-September CEO of MediaNews Group which owns hundreds of newspapers in the US including the Lowell Sun. Carr singles out Paton as one of the few from within the newspaper industry who sincerely believes that the…
Read More »Elizabeth Warren: “Who I Am”
The first TV ad from the Elizabeth Warren campaign. She seeks to define herself before her opponents define her. [youtube]kE_wj6NHdEQ[/youtube]
Read More »“Leaves on the Merrimack”
“Leaves on the Merrimack” by Tony Sampas
Read More »77 bags of leaves
Late fall in New England means disposing of all of those leaves that evolved from lush green of summer to brilliant reds, yellows and oranges of early fall to a crispy tan of late October and early November. Today by a combination of raking, blowing, grinding and shoveling, we filled…
Read More »Picking winners in the council election
I was recently reminded that back on October 16, Jim Peters posted this article in which he singled out three council challengers – the three who were elected last Tuesday. I don’t know of anyone else whose electoral prediction was so accurate, so congratulations, Jim. Here’s the relevant part of…
Read More »Textile Bridge memorial ceremony on Sunday
The Textile Memorial Bridge Preservation Coalition will hold an event on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 2 pm to commemorate the 16 students/graduates of Lowell Textile Institute who died while serving in the military during World War Two. The event will start in front of Cumnock Hall and then proceed…
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