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Yesterday’s news that the Commonwealth will lose a Congressional seat as a result of the 2010 census adds another element of drama to the 2012 state election. Not only will the presidency and the US Senate seat held by Scott Brown be on the ballot, but now we have the…
Read More »Steve O’Connor, author of “Smokestack Lightning”, learned much about life while working as a clerk at the Davis Square Drug Store back in the 1970s: When my son approached the age at which he began to become convinced that he needed his own car, I put some vexing questions to…
Read More »Note from Henri Marchand: Like its subject this essay has been around, appearing first as a Sunrise radio essay, re-wrapped as a “Guest Column” piece in the Sun and showing up on this blog last year. At Paul Marion’s request I re-gift it once more to all who either love…
Read More »Tony Sampas photographed the Isso Shri Swaminarayan Temple at 1705 Middlesex Street during last night’s snowfall. This building formerly housed a Good Will warehouse facility and might be a familiar sight to anyone who has spent some time at the Edwards Street soccer field.
Read More »It seems somehow appropriate that on this, the first day of winter, we finally got some snow. Certainly there’s not much of it – just a dusting. But at least it’s visible. Last night I began to wonder if the weather forecasters had messed up with their nonchalant predictions. On…
Read More »Several weeks ago, Tony Sampas shared some photos of the Francis Gate by night. He returned to the gatehouse during the day and took these pictures.
Read More »[youtube]PuPxA7w3oFs[/youtube] Friday night was the annual Lowell High School Winter Concert featuring various student bands and choruses. The above video shows the finale of “Bells of Joy” by the combined concert band and concert chorus.
Read More »I joined dozens of early movie goers at the 11:10 a.m. showing of “The Fighter” today. The movie is fantastic. If “awesome” was part of my vocabulary, that’s also how I’d describe it. When articles began dribbling out that the movie or at least some of the actors in it…
Read More »Earlier today Governor Patrick signed into law a major revision to the state’s Homestead statute that was enacted by both houses of the state legislature a short time ago. With the governor’s signature, the new law will take effect 90 days from today. I’ve previously written about some of the…
Read More »An essay from Steve O’Connor: The Best and the Worst Have you ever found yourself in a room in which you felt out of place because you didn’t have a trust fund or a summer house in Falmouth? Has anyone ever approached you and said, “Are you aware that this…
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