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The NYTimes online has an ongoing series about the Civil War, started in anticipation of the 2011 anniversary year when we will see lots of attention being paid to the beginning of the Civil War. This blog has already moved in that direction. Today’s entry at the NYT site is…
Read More »Lowell Gallery owner and all around good guy Guy Lefebvre sent me this nugget from an old Lowell newspaper. Some of the party platform planks have flopped and flipped through the years, but the rhetoric remains modern. This is from 1834, when Lowell was still a town, two years before…
Read More »The top story in the NYTimes online at this hour is the loss of six more US soldiers in Afghanistan, killed when a van loaded with explosives blew up at an outpost manned by US/NATO and Afghan troops. Many Afghan and US soldiers were wounded in the attack, for which the…
Read More »Here’s the link at Gerry Nutter’s place for info about the Wed Dec 15, 7.15 pm, City of Lowell Conservation Commission meeting at which the Boott Hydropower/Enel company will be present to discuss plans for the dam at Pawtucket Falls.
Read More »I have to brag on this one. My friend Jane Brox, native of Dracut and the Merrimack Valley and now living on the Maine coast, made the TIME magazine list of the top ten best non-fiction books of 2010 (#5) with her wonderful book “Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light.” Writes…
Read More »Nov. 24, 2010, Contact: Allegra Williams, (978) 446-7200 x1473, AWilliams@lowellma.gov City of Lowell Green Building Commission Announces Call for Green Building Excellence Award Applications Deadline for Submission: Friday January 7, 2011 LOWELL – The Green Building Commission is accepting nominations and applications for deserving development projects that wish to compete…
Read More »Brian McGrory of the Globe and boston.com must have seen the premiere of the Micky Ward film story, “The Fighter,” because he comes out swinging on the side of UMass Lowell Chancellor Meehan and Lowell in his latest column. Read it here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »I pulled this from www.huffingtonpost.com — a commentary by George Lakoff of UC Berkeley, who for years has been talking/writing about “framing” public statements from a liberal or progressive (I detest these labels now) viewpoint. Read what he thinks about the communications problem that’s damaging President Obama’s policy prospects. What he…
Read More »Tonight’s NYT online includes a home-page positive review of “The Fighter” by A. O. Scott in which the commentary goes on at length and includes observations about the portrayal of Lowell and the city’s place in American culture. Read the review here, and get the NYT if you want more.…
Read More »Today’s NYTimes includes an analysis of recent Red Sox player acquisitions and suggests the Bosox now have the edge in A.L. East. Read Tyler Kepner’s opinion from Yankee country here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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