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Last week the folks at the Red-Mass Group blog offered some suggestions on how to redistrict three Merrimack Valley/Northern Middlesex State Senate districts. Two of the districts – First Middlesex and Second Essex Middlesex rate a high “leaning Republican” rating from them based on the Brown Coakley race results while…
Read More »Two articles in today’s Lowell SUN are worth your attention. Longtime Sun sports writer Dave Pevear is a history buff at heart with a particular interest in the Civil War. Here’s a link to his interesting story about Ben Butler: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_17969383. Correspondent Marie Donovan attended the community briefing on the…
Read More »What? “A Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments.” Learn about exciting plans for improvements and upgrades that will enhance public access to and visibility of these significant historic locations on both sides of the Merrimack River at the falls. Where? Spalding House Park behind the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust’s…
Read More »Check out Doors Open Lowell at the website here: http://www.doorsopenlowell.org/ and become a Doors Open Lowell Facebook friend here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doors-Open-Lowell/124484050963278?sk=info. Look for the full schedule of dates, days and times to be posted by May1st. Here are a few teasers from the roster: the Claflin Block; Old City Hall; Acre churches;…
Read More »Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts – Lowell – Chair, Department of Mathematics Ph.D., Brown University Email: Stephen_Pennell@uml.edu Office: Olney 428-V Phone: (978) 934-2710. Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, fluid mechanics Home Page: http://faculty.uml.edu/spennell/pennells.htm Each year Rate My Professors, the internet’s largest destination-site for professor ratings, compiles a list of…
Read More »If case you really want to see and read President Obama’s birth certificate – here it is as released by the White House – courtesy of the HuffingtonPost.com site:
Read More »Ann McLane Kuster, Democrat from New Hampshire Emily’s List – a national political action committee – has announced its “round one” seal of approval for Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in her run for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District in 2012. While not a full endorsement of Kuster and three others –…
Read More »Alan Khazei has told us today on Twitter, Facebook and through the mainstream media that he is officially “in” the race for the Massachusetts United States Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown. While many others have declined to run including former Congressman Joe Kennedy, former Congressman Marty Meehan, Governor Deval Patrick,…
Read More »The J.C. Ayer lot is the home of a most splendid monument – the Ayer lion. The monument by celebrated sculptor Mr. Price Joy is made of Italian marble. Above it lies in repose amid the spring flowers, plants and trees so beautiful and abundant in the Lowell Cemetery. Here’s a reminder from the…
Read More »In the Boston Herald this morning – writer Donna Goodison puts the spotlight on Lowell’s future in the new industrial revolution. The state-of-the-art UMass Lowell Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center – opening in the fall of 2012 – is the focus for the future. Just as its famous mills are a symbol of…
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