At 1pm today Community Teamwork (CTI) is holding a press conference at Lowell City Hall about the 2011 Fuel Assistance program. This year’s Fuel Assistance starts today – November 1. From the CTI press release: Lowell– As the region struggles to return power and heat to the many families left…
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Michael D Higgins, who will be Ireland’s ninth president. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA The Associated Press (AP) and the Guardian are reporting from Dublin that after the votes were counted – veteran left-wing politician Michael D. Higgins has won Ireland’s presidential election with more than 1 million votes and a nearly…
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As the snow and wind approach North Tewksbury in a way too early nor’easter, these roses begged for rescuing. The pots of mums are on their own!
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From today’s op-ed page of the Boston Globe: Carlos Rotella who recently ran the Bay State Marathon held in Lowell and environs, tells us of his experience running the race but also his experience with the roadside fans! This year, the race organizers printed each runner’s first name just above…
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In today’s Washington Post opinion writer Dana Milbank queries: “What was that about a Democratic ‘enthusiasm gap‘?” (harkening back to a WaPo column by colleague Chris Cillizza) Reporting from Springfield, Massachusetts and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall when supporter gathered for a meeting – Milbank found enthusiasm abounds.…
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University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries awarded grant from ALA and NEH to host Civil War reading and discussion series LOWELL, MA – University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries received a $3,000 grant from the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host “Let’s Talk About…
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Lowell High School Little Theater United Teachers of Lowell/Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council Lowell City Council and Lowell School Committee Candidates’ Night Tonight! October 24, 2011 at 7:oo pm Carried live on Local Cable Access LET/Channel 22 and WCAP/980AM Radio Re-broadcasts to be scheduled!
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There’s a great story in the New York Times about Lowell-born mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias. At the age of 82, Ms. Elias is veteran of the Metropolitan Opera singing over 45 roles in over 680 performances. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut on February 23, 1954. This past September she made…
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The Lowell Historical Society is sponsoring a program today – Sunday October 24, 2011 – on the activities of J.C. Ayer & Co during the Civil War. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. at Middlesex Community College – in the Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square and is open to the…
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J Jack Kerouac, His Life Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1922, “at five o’clock in the afternoon of a red-all-over supper time” (Doctor Sax) and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 21, 1969, at the age of 47. Kerouac’s first seventeen years were those…
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