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Over at HuffingtonPost this morning – Sam Stein tells us the Independent U. S. Senator from Vermont – Bernie Sanders – is calling for a meeting with Progressives to discuss the recent recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission. Unhappy with the preliminary report and recommendations of the co-chairs – Sanders…
Read More »A Novel Cafe and Bookstore Rte. 38 Tewksbury Last month we noted that Marc and Leisa Ginsberg – owner-proprietors of the Tewksbury Country Club – were ready to launch a new business venture – A Novel Cafe and Bookstore. This independent bookstore and coffee shop will feature a selection of books and…
Read More »Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale film a scene for ‘The Fighter’ in Lowell last summer The Boston Herald’s “Dish Ladies” – Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa – give a sampling of the West Coast reviews for the made-in-Lowell movie “The Fighter” in today’s edition. The gloves are off as the ladies…
Read More »Young Democrats of Massachusetts The newly formed Merrimack Valley Chapter of Young Democrats will be hosting a meeting on Friday November 19, 2010 at 6:30pm at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center in downtown Lowell. The meeting agenda includes membership registration, voting of officers, ratification of charter and informational topics. To…
Read More »Community Teamwork, Inc. & the Merrimack Valley Regional Network to End Homelessness Present: Lura Smith in a Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving November 20, 2010 from 12:00 – 2:00PM Eliot Presbyterian Church 273 Summer Street Lowell MA Special Guest Artists The Andover Baptist Church Unity Choir Michael Lally, Founder/Director SRO Bobby…
Read More »Univerity of Massassachusetts Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan announced his plans yesterday to make “student life” more welcoming and comfortable for UML student veterans by opening a new student veterans center on campus. From today’s Lowell SUN: UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan said yesterday the university is planning to open a…
Read More »Those of us in the pews are used to the annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. My CCHD envelope for November 21st notes: “Your gift will help groups of low-income Americans address the causes of poverty in their communities. Your generosity will secure…
Read More »“Not in our backyard” – With the New Hampshire State Turnpike Bureau about hold a series of public hearings about options for placing “tolls” on the Everett Turnpike – with one scheduled Nov. 17 in Nashua – the Nashua Board of Alderman took a stand last night. According to an article…
Read More »HuffingtonPost.com advises us that on this 50th anniversary of the election of John F. Kennedy as President of the United States, LIFE.com published today never-before seen photos of JFK from the archives. Fifty years ago today, on Nov. 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected the 35th president of the United States.…
Read More »The BostonHerald.com is reporting that the long-awaited sale of the Caritas Christi Health Care sysytem – formerly owned by the Archdiocese of Boston – to Cerberus Capital management has been completed. The sale was dependent – among other things – on the approval of Attorney General Martha Coakley, licensure of the…
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