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Lowell City Hall: architectural details

Tony Sampas share more photos of Lowell City Hall, these two of some of the fine architectural details most of us – OK, me – fail to notice despite passing by and through the building hundreds of times. Tony also passed along the following from the Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory…

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell persists

The Senate today failed to kill off the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that requires the discharge of gay service members. Last month’s decision in the Proposition 8 case in California seemed to establish conclusively that there is no rational evidence that same sex marriage harms anyone. I had…

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Ten days ’till texting ban

Today’s Globe reminds us that the statewide ban on texting while driving goes into effect in just ten days. While there are many questions about how this is to be enforced, it’s at least a start. While I confess to occasionally talking on my phone while driving, I do try…

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“Maine Musings” by Nancye Tuttle

Nancy Tuttle writes about the start of school and Merrimack Valley-Hollywood connections in the following post which originally appeared on Nancye’s World: It’s been several weeks since I’ve posted, but it isn’t because I’m lazy, just particularly busy as school got underway. Right now, I’m enjoying the sunshine and bright…

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1976 State Election

Another in our series on past election results – see the “Elections” link in the upper right corner for more statistics. The Massachusetts Presidential primary was held on March 2, 1976. The Republicans had a two man race: Incumbent Gerald Ford and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. In the Massachusetts…

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UML hosts Prof Andrew Bacevich

As part of its annual 9/11 observance, UMass Lowell today presented a lecture by Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University. Bacevich, a retired Army officer with a PhD from Princeton, has been a frequent critic of recent American foreign policy, especially our actions in…

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