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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. The notorious 9 North Road property caused a huge controversy in Chelmsford. The recall failed, but townspeople seemed to send a clear…
Read More »At 5 am it was 39 degrees outside and 59 inside. Under normal circumstances I would have turned up the thermostats last night and enjoyed the first hours of a long stretch of forced-hot water temperature comfort within my home. But the weather people all say the coming weekend will…
Read More »A party to celebrate the release of “Young Angel Midnight: An Emerging Generation in the Arts in Lowell” was held tonight at the Appleton Mills at 219 Jackson Street. First, the space, both inside and out, is simply incredible. The last time I visited this spot was in early November…
Read More »The official opening of the Jack Kerouac Exhibit at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitors Center at 246 Market Street took place earlier this evening. The video below brings you part of the ceremony: [youtube]dfKNFm88bDM[/youtube]
Read More »On Monday, October 3, 2011, economist Karl “Chip” Case, recently retired from Wellesley College, spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center as part of this year’s Moses Greeley Parker lecture series. Along with Robert Shiller and Allan Weis, Case developed the Case-Shiller index, a widely respected and quoted…
Read More »Video clips follow of each candidate’s closing statement in the order they gave them. Elizabeth Warren went first and so is displayed below. Links to the other candidate’s statements follow that: [youtube]yy9qHbtQKB8[/youtube] Alan Khazei closing statement Herb Robinson closing statement Marisa DeFranco closing statement Tom Conroy closing statement Bob Massie…
Read More »One of the questions asked of the candidates during last night’s debate among the candidates in the Democratic primary for the US Senate was whether young Americans should be required to serve their country in some capacity and whether women should be permitted to serve in combat in the infantry.…
Read More »Regular reader and sometimes contributor Mike Luciano attended last night’s US Senate debate at UMass Lowell and offers the following observations: After witnessing firsthand the Senatorial debate among Democratic candidates at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall, I compiled the following assessment. Although I hate the fluffy, personality-driven aspect of American politics…
Read More »I just read through my previous nine posts which were composed and uploaded from my laptop within the debate hall. Once again I proclaim that the most valuable course I had in high school was typing. Because of that I was able to capture much of what the candidates said…
Read More »Warren: Talked a lot about fighting for America’s middle class. My family scraped by until dad had a heart attack. Bills piled up. I worked hard for everything I got. But I grew up in an America of opportunity. We have now lost our way. Washington is rigged for the…
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