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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…
Read More »Tony Sampas shows us some of the stained glass windows in St Patrick’s Church in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell
Read More »What to do in case of a nuclear attack 1. Stay clear of all windows 2. Stand away from lamps, tables, chairs and other furniture 3. Loosen all restrictive clothing 4. Remove glasses, empty pockets of all sharp objects such as pens, pencils, etc 5. Immediately upon seeing the brilliant…
Read More »In Tuesday’s New York Times, Matt Bai wrote about the possibility that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may run for president in 2012 as an independent. Bloomberg recently spoke at the launch of a new group called “No Labels” which “aspires to build a grass-roots movement for political independents…
Read More »Returning from Boston by train yesterday afternoon, I was seated behind a sixty-something Patriots-sweatshirt wearing white male who was not shy about sharing his opinions on politics with the fellow sitting next to him. Unfortunately for everyone else on that part of the train, his volume required us all to…
Read More »Today we combine photos by Tony Sampas with a poem by Paul Marion in a tribute to Paul Tsongas and the UMass Lowell Tsongas Center. Tsongas Steel I view my approach as compassionate realism. Can you imagine a bumper sticker with those words on it? —Paul Tsongas 1. It’s January…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle traveled to the Merrimack Repertory Theatre the other day to see and enjoy Beasley’s Christmas Party which is showing at the MRT only through this Sunday. Nancye liked the play very much, writing on her website that “Beasley’s Christmas Party is sweet, sentimental and a perfect alternative to…
Read More »Steve O’Connor contemplates the furry gray creatures who provide us with constant companionship – at a safe distance. Anyone who has ever lived in Lowell must at some point have stopped to observe and to consider that wily and well-adapted creature which could well be the city’s mascot: the gray…
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