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Meg Whitman, the former president of eBay who has spent in excess of $140mil of her $1.6 billion net worth running for governor of California as the Republican nominee, recently commented that the reason she came to California thirty years ago because back then so much was getting done in…
Read More »A regular reader sent along these photos of Butler’s Toothpick, a navigation aid at the mouth of the Merrimack River. The photographer’s email follows. I must admit, I’ve never heard of this before but I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in the vicinity. I thought you might…
Read More »It’s hard to remember back to last year when we were blanketed with ominous warnings of a devastating strain of influenza that put us all at risk. At the same time, the vaccine for the expected strain was difficult, nearly impossible, to find. Fortunately we all made it through that…
Read More »This Wednesday night (October 27), Saints Medical Center will host a presentation at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium beginning at 7 pm. The featured speaker will be Rosalind Wiseman, an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice and ethical leadership, who is the author of Queen Bees and…
Read More »More Lowell signage by Tony Sampas. Above, 142 Middle Street alongside Owl Stamp Company. Below? Any guesses?
Read More »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, recently urged readers to vote NO on Question 1 and NO on Question 2 in the upcoming state election. Today he tackles Question 3 concerning the…
Read More »Tony Sampas shares some photos of old signs in Lowell. Above is the Thorndike Factory Outlet building just across from the train station; below is the Fairburn Building.
Read More »Ten days ago I traveled to Houston to attend the funeral of Medal of Honor recipient and Lowell native David McNerney. There’s a hotly contested race for governor down there between Republican incumbent Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Bill White, so during my 48 hours in the Lone Star State,…
Read More »The Associated Press has come into possession (in the person of former Lowell Sun reporter Glen Johnson according to Blue Mass Group) of a memo written while Baker was the state’s Secretary of Administration and Finance that documented for his then boss, Governor Paul Cellucci, the runaway spending of the…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Area Democrats honored State Senator Steve Panagiotakos with the group’s “Distinguished Democrat Award” today. Three Democrat candidates, all on the ballot a week from Tuesday and all veterans of the 2007 special election to fill the Fifth Congressional seat, began the succinct speaking program. First up was…
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