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Here are the answers to the COA Lowell Trivia quiz – “Do you Remember?” Reminder: it is geared to the senior population. If you are a younger senior your answers could be different. I did tweak some of the answers given in the COA publication. I’m open to discussing the answers.
Read More »Downtown Lowell In this month’s official publication of the Lowell Council on Aging, there are suggestions for keeping cool, sfaety tips, a calendar of events and senior trips as well as the lunch menu for the month of July. There is a very nice profile of COA Board member Billy Sheehan …
Read More »I couldn’t resist the urge – this photo of Rachel Maddow – fellow resident of Massachusetts – not “in mufti” needs to be seen as “captioned.” Maddow with her crew and NBC correspondent Richard Engel is currently in Afghanistan where she will spend the next couple of days reporting in and from the field. The…
Read More »Yankee Magazine arrived the other day. There are a myriad of stories and articles pertaining to summer in New England. Learn the history and “art of the sail” with Robbie Doyle a Marblehead sailmaker. Follow seasoned kayakers along the Coast of Maine’s Island Trail. Enjoy Rhode Island natives Casey and Garret Roberts’…
Read More »“All Lowell” Class of 1960 50th Reunion Committee Did you graduate in 1960? Do you know these people? Are any of them your high school classmates? For a closer look check: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22581231@N07/4754940830/ Plan to come to your 50th High School Reunion on October 9, 2010. Get in touch with this…
Read More »In today’s Eagle Tribune religious writer Yadira Betances tells the story of the Sisters of Notre Dame who took a chance and bought a raffle ticket. The offering was no ordinary prize but Red Sox tickets – 18 luxury seats near first base and the Sox dugout at Fenway Park. At $100 per…
Read More »July 1st – on this day in history in Lowell, the United States, Canada and elsewhere as noted by AP and many other sources: 1690 The Battle of the Boyne was waged in Ireland. 1848 A new railroad station on Middlesex Street in Lowell owned by the Nashua and Lowell…
Read More »Auxiliary Bishops-Elect Kennedy and Uglietto The United States Conference of Bishops announced today that Pope Benedict XVI “has named Father Arthur Kennedy, 68, and Father Peter J. Uglietto, 58, priests of the Archdiocese of Boston and both seminary rectors, as auxiliary bishops of Boston. The pope also accepted the resignation…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting today that opinions vary on the future impact of Caritas Holy Family Hospital going the for-profit route. The fifth of six public hearings was held last night in Methuen by the office of AG Martha Coakley and the Department of Public Health who are both overseering…
Read More »Back in 2007 – Ellen Murphy Meehan served as Campaign Chair for Niki Tsongas’ run in the special election to replace Marty Meehan. Marty served as Congressman from the Fifth Congressional District from 1993 to 2007. Tsongas loyalists and supporters just got the message by e-mail – Ellen Murphy Meehan is…
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