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Mickey O’Keefe ( LPD officer who plays himself in the movie), Mark Wahlberg (as Micky Ward) and Christian Bale (as Dicky Ekland) in a scene filmed at Arthur Ramalho’s West End Gym in Lowell. In the Globe A&E/Celebrity News, Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein are reporting that NBC’s “Today” show is sending a…
Read More »Readers of the Eagle-Tribune I’m sure weren’t surprised to see the stunning photo of an accident scene on Rte. 93 yesterday “go global.” The image of the car involved in the storm-related accident actually standing on its nose at the side of the highway – in both video and photos – taken…
Read More »From the “Vanity Fair” photo archives of thirteen classic images “Meet the Kennedys” showcased in October 2007 in a Web Exclusive. This image – Spring 1960: As they fly from one campaign stop to another, Jackie looks up from Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums to speak with her husband, who…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting today that the Andover Board of Selectmen has approved the alternative design for a new interchange off Interstate 93 into Lowell Junction. This allows plans for the project to move forward. There has long been a concern that federal officials would not give their needed approval since the alternate design…
Read More »Tonight Chronicle – WCVB/Channel 5’s iconic television magazine program – tells the tale of the real people and the real world behind the awarding-winning, made-in-Lowell movie – “The Fighter.” From the Chronicle website: It’s taken in more than 70 million dollars at the box office, and took home seven Oscar…
Read More »The window for holding the caucuses to elect delegates to the 2011 Democratic Convention on June 4th in Lowell opens this Saturday February 5th and closes on Saturday February 19th. Here is a list of the first group of local Greater Lowell/Merrimack Valley area caucuses: Saturday February 5th: Andover – Saturday,…
Read More »As the Sesqucentennnial of the Civil War is remembered, History.com reminds us that on this day January 31, 1865, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment – abolishing slavery in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery…
Read More »Over on the POLITICO blog, David Catanese writes “from the Campaign Trail” about what he sees as the 10 most competitive Senate races for 2012. This will be a posting updated monthly. He ranks the Virginia race (for now) at #1 – coming in at #6 most competitive: 6. MASSACHUSETTS…
Read More »Former Lowell Sun reporter and prolific contributor to the Sunday Column (back in the day) -Kevin Landrigan – now covers the NH State House writing reports and a Sunday political column for the Telegraph with the same in-depth attention he gave back in his Sun-days. He is definitely in-gear to cover the the quadrennial …
Read More »This is Catholic Schools Week. Catholic schools have a long and rich tradition in Lowell and in the Merrimack Valley. Of those schools still open and active: St. Patrick’s School in the Acre opened in 1852, the Immaculate Conception School in 1880, St. Michael’s in 1889, St. Jeanne d’Arc School…
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