Don’t miss Rachel Briere’s article in the Lowell Sun Today – “Never missing a beat.” She sets the stage for the greatly revamped upcoming “Lowell Celebrates Kerouac” aka Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in these opening paragraphs: The dawning of October in New England ushers in a number of unique elements setting the…
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On Cardinal Sean’s blog – nice to see the photos of the Cardinal’s visit to St. William’s Parish in Tewkbsury last week. The parish and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate are celebrating 75 years of service – 1935-2010. As the Cardinal noted – Father John Hanley, OMI is the current Pastor…
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Why all the angst over the sale of a health care system? Here’s the problem. The future of the health care system in Massachusetts is still in a risky place. Consumers, providers, insurers, employers, policy makers, health care experts – and all the other health care stakeholders have concerns and…
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Save the Date as the commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial begins in Lowell. The Lowell Historical Society & The Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series Present Sunday October 3rd at 12 noon Lowell Memorial Auditorium-Hall of Flags 50 Merrimack St. Lowell MA 01852 Prelude to Civil War Join author and…
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At a time when another Merrimack Valley hospital and health care system – Cartis Christi Holy Famly Hospital – is in the midst of a possible sale to a for-profit capital management entity, Lawrence General Hospital is forging a different kind of partnership. Articles in both the Boston Globe and the Eagle-Tribune…
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The editorial in today’s Boston Globe addresses the process for choosing the next President of the University of Massachusetts system. Charging that procedures of the past smack of at least the perception of manipulation, the editorial touts what purports to be a different approach to replacing retiring President Jack Wilson.…
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There is yet another story in today’s Globe – this by staffer Robert Weisman – about the Caritas Christi sale. A coalition organized by consumer advocacy group Health Care for All including twenty community groups, health care providers, and lawmakers is asking Attorney General Martha Coakley and Public Health Commissioner John…
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Senator Everett Dirksen and Presdient John F. Kennedy circa 1963. Writer and commentator James Warren of the Chicago News Cooperative has an interesting take on a taped conversation with GOP Senate Minority Leader – the late Everett Dirksen – and President Kennedy in the Oval Office. The tape and transcript…
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Kevin Landrigan is a Nashua Telegraph columnist. His column appears in the Sunday paper. He is described by the paper’s website as “The Telegraph’s Eyes and Ears in Concord.” Former Lowell Sun staffer Kevin Landrigan is one of my favorite Sunday reads in the Nashua Telegraph. For many years now…
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An Irish passport circa 1924 – from the City Hall Attic treasure trove. In today’s Lowell Sun writer Jen Myers and photograher Dave Brow give us a glimpse into the treasures locked away in the attic of Lowell’s City Hall. From my perspective and interest in Lowell history, I see tackling…
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