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In today’s Globe Robert Weisman profiles James Roosevelt, Jr. the would-be CEO of a proposed new non-profit healthcare insurer to be formed by the merger of Tufts Health Care and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Roosevelt with deep political roots – grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longtime general counsel of the…
Read More »Tewksbury’s State House delegation at the School Committee meeting – Rep Paul Adams (R-Andover), Senator Barry Finegold (D-Andover), Rep Jim Miceli (D-Wilmington) While attending the Tewksbury School Committee meeting last night, the state house delegation led by State Senator Barry Finegold put the brakes on the notion of Tewksbury getting an…
Read More »Historic New England – formerly known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) – is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. It was founded in 1910 by William Sumner Appleton* to preserve and present the cultural and architectural heritage of…
Read More »In case New England Patriots fans need the reminder, MassMoments tells us that on this day – January 27, 2000 – Bill Belichick was named the 14th head coach in the franchise history. …in 2000, Bill Belichick was named head coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick…
Read More »The other day I posted a story about the super-sized retailer Walmart and plans for a super-sized Walmart box-store for the Civil War Wilderness Battlefield area in Virginia. That proposal had preservationists and developers at loggerheads. Read my January 23, 2011 post here. The Civil War Trust website has an article today announcing – much…
Read More »Lowell Memorial Auditorium, East Merrimack Street Lowell Massachusetts (vintage postcard) Fellow blogger – Eileen Loucraft of the “Lowell Doughboys” blog – which focuses on World War I and the Greater Lowell Area – has an interesting post on the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Shortly after the end of World War I…
Read More »Boston Globe writers Ty Burr and Wesley Morris remind us this morning in their report on the Academy Award nominations, that the results have a decidedly ‘Boston and environs” voice. Check out the full article “Oscar acquires a Boston accent” here. Stay tuned for Oscar Night on Sunday February 27, 2011.
Read More »Channel 5 reporter Kelley Tuthill came to Lowell this morning looking for reaction to the fate of “The Fighter” on this Academy Award nomination day. On the 6 o’clock edition of the news we caught Tuthill meeting with Micky Ward and Dicky Ekland for an interview at the Owl Diner and with Mickey…
Read More »Today in a live early-morning ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Lowell-made movie “The Fighter” based on the life of Lowell fighter “Irish” Micky Ward and his family garnered six Oscar nominations for –…
Read More »Pawtucket Congregational Church in Lowell, Massachuestt – National Register of Historic Places -2007 Today Secretary of State William F. Galvin – who also chairs the Massachusetts Historical Commission -announced that the Historical Commission is accepting nominations for the 33rd Annual Preservation Awards Program. This award program recognizes preservation projects and individuals that…
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