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Lowell City Hall with clouds, by Tony Sampas
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“Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall – a review
If you’re a runner, you want to be a runner, or if you once were a runner, check out “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. The subtitle – “A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” – only hints at the book’s contents. Running throughout…
Read More »“Red Wall” by Tony Sampas
Red Wall, Merrimack Street, Lowell, photographed from parking lot of Enterprise Bank by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Civil War Lowell: 33rd Massachusetts Infantry
Yesterday at the Memorial Day Service of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council on the steps of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, I was invited to speak about Lowell and the Civil War. Rather than speak from a prepared text, I used a rough outline so I could gauge the length of…
Read More »“Me, Inc.” 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. Last year the Supreme Court overturned campaign finance reform that limited how much corporations could spend to influence federal elections. UMass Lowell…
Read More »UML graduation slideshow
A video slideshow from today’s UMass Lowell graduation at the Tsongas Center. All reports indicate it was a well-run, dignified ceremony. Congratulations to all graduates: [youtube]DCZ9YLAY8Q0[/youtube]
Read More »A bold prediction or an unfortunate jinx?
Superstitious Bruins fans were startled to spot the above JC Penney ad on page 11 of today’s Lowell Sun. The ad congratulates the B’s for winning the 2011 Eastern Conference Championship. The problem is that the Bruins haven’t yet won that championship. They could have done so last night, but…
Read More »Will Medicare be the defining issue of 2012?
I was born in 1958. That makes me 52 years old. So when the budget passed by the House Republicans preserved Medicare for everyone 55 or older but turned it into a privatized voucher system for me and everyone younger than me, I was concerned. Fortunately the Senate defeated that…
Read More »Is Lowell the 18th most dangerous city in America?
Is Lowell the 18th most dangerous city in America? It is according to this article (which is the subject of a vigorous Facebook discussion right now) on the website Business Insider. Purportedly based on the latest FBI statistics, “The cities on this list are ranked by violent crimes including murder,…
Read More »Our Next Blogger Meetup: June 9 at Gary’s Ice Cream
Mark you calendars for the next gathering of the Greater Lowell blogosphere. It’s Thursday, June 9 from 6 pm till 8 pm at Gary’s Ice Cream, 131 Gorham Street (Rte 3A), East Chelmsford. Everyone – blog writers, commenters and readers as well as those on Facebook and Twitter are all…
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