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Yesterday I joined 120 others at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center for a talk by Eric Rosengren, President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The event was co-sponsored by UML and the Parker Lectures. The formal portion of this hour-long talk was “How Should Monetary Policy…
Read More »More signs from around Lowell from Tony Sampas. Today it’s the Owl Diner, both new and old.
Read More »The Nashua Telegram reported yesterday that the Greater Hudson (NH) Chamber of Commerce is disassociating itself from the US Chamber of Commerce because of the intensely partisan political role taken by the US Chamber this election season. As anyone who watches TV can attest, the US Chamber of Commerce is…
Read More »This week Tony Sampas brings us some signs from around the city and invites readers to suggest others that might be included.
Read More »We have long invited readers to submit articles for us to post on this site. Today, John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, shares his reasons for voting NO on Question 1 in…
Read More »On March 22, 1967, A Company, 1-8 Infantry, 4th Infantry Division was ambushed by an enemy force three-times it size while on patrol deep in a Vietnamese jungle. Many died and were wounded in the initial onslaught, but many more survived thanks to the heroism and leadership of the company‘s…
Read More »Another example of Tony Sampas’s amazing eye for great photos of Lowell. These from a sidewalk on Central Street.
Read More »This past Wednesday was the 235th anniversary of the birth of the US Navy. That fact is not in dispute but the identity of the birthplace of the US Navy is a controversial topic. Five communities claim the honor. Philadelphia maintains that on October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress voted…
Read More »Lowell-born Medal of Honor recipient David McNerney will be buried in Houston this Saturday. Below is a segment from a Colorado TV news program about the man who will deliver McNerney’s eulogy. LTC Richard Sauer (ret) was a platoon leader in the company of which McNerney was the First Sergeant.…
Read More »A just-released 7News-Suffolk University poll puts Deval Patrick ahead by seven points in the race for governor with just 20 days until the election. Channel 7’s Andy Hiller gives his analysis of the poll here. There were many interesting points covered: Baker’s negatives exceed his positives; both Baker and Cahill…
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