Many Tewksbury Democratic Town Committee ladies joined with their sister and brother Democrats from Lawrence and Andover at a Unity Breakfast and Candidate event yesterday morning. And words, gestures and commitment to Democratic unity was alive and well in Lawrence! State Senator Barry Finegold drew a standing ovation of thanks…
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Just a few words about the Irish Conference happening in Lowell this week… It was quite an experience attending day-one of the Irish Conference sponsored by UMass Lowell and Queens University Belfast. Themed “The Irish in Massachusetts: Historical Significance, Lasting Legacy.” The excellent cast of speaker/presenters moved us from 1550 Ireland…
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Today UMass Lowell kicked-off its new Author Series with U. S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Before a crowd in the lobby, along the rails up to the fourth floor and on the sweeping stairway of the newly opened University Crossing, the Senator talked about her early life and then read excerpts…
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On this day September 12, 1953, Congressman John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at a ceremony held in St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. From the Kennedy Library website: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wedding Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on the morning of September 12,…
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We have our own personal memories of 9/11 that will never leave us. In Greater Lowell no connections are stronger or will remain longer than those of the Ogonowski family. MassMoments reminds us today of Captain John Ognonowsi and those local roots. Lest we forget… Mass Moments reminds us that……
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On this day after the Massachusetts Primary where women candidates did so well and are poised to make history, it is fitting to remember Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers. Mrs. Rogers made her own history with – among other things – her support for veterans and her record-holding longevity in the…
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Political bits and pieces from rambles around the Merrimack Valley, Middlesex County and beyond ~ “Sticks, stones, rocks and bolders” are being hurled around NH in the US Senate race even as across-the-border locals turned out in Dracut to financially support GOP Scott Brown vs incumbent N. H. Senator – Democrat Jean…
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This is a cross-post from our friends at Lowell Irish… St. Patrick Cemetery Tour – Saturday, September 27, 2014 St. Bridget Chapel, St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, MA Please join us on Saturday, September 27 for our annual tour of St. Patrick Cemetery. The tour starts at 10 am at the…
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If you know me you know that I like to write and I like to express my views. But I’ve written perhaps only two or three “letters to the editor” over the years. One was to clarify the fact that contrary to the sign in their window – it wasn’t…
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The Greater Lowell Community Foundation has just published the lastest “Notes” from Executive Director Susan Winship. One announcement of great interest lists the 2014 grant awardees: GLCF Awards $94,500 to Local Nonprofits The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is pleased to announce that 20 organizations received funds totaling $94,500 for the…
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