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Freddy Sanchez, formerly of the Lowell Spinners
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JFK Library Foundation on JFK’s Legacy
The Kennedy Library Foundation is anticipating the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s inauguration as the 35th president of the United States on January 20, 2011. In the recent newsletter from the Foundation, here’s how Foundation CEO David McKean summed up JFK’s legacy: During the thousand days of his presidency, ……
Read More »Regional Strategic Plan Visioning Session
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG), under contract with the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, will conduct the first of two Visioning Sessions to gather input for a new Strategic Plan, which will address land use, infrastructure, environmental resource protection, housing, and economic development policy. A light…
Read More »Two Upcoming Parker Lectures
October 30, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Education, Election 2010, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell
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Sunday, Nov. 7, 2 pm, Lowell National Hist. Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St. “The Girl in the Italian Bakery” features Lawrence native Kenneth Tingle, author of a hard-knocks memoir about growing up in our neighbor mill city. It’s a story about not losing hope. Check out the book here.…
Read More »Take Your Mind Off Elections on Thursday, Nov. 4
October 30, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Science, Culture, Education, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell
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“In a nutshell, the universe is 13.7 billion years old, plus or minus one percent; a recent previous estimate had a margin of error of three times as much. By weight it is four percent atoms, 23 percent dark matter—presumably undiscovered elementary particles left over from the Big Bang—and 73…
Read More »Herald: ‘Drake Electrifies Lowell’
The UMass Lowell website this week includes a link to a Boston Herald review of the recent sold-out concert by hip hop star Drake at the revamped Tsongas Center. Read the review by Lauren Carter here, and get the Herald if you like the reporting.
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This is for Dean! I was saving Willie for the second inning.—PM
Read More »‘Baseball Canto’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Legendary San Francisco poet and founder of City Lights Bookstore and publishing company Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a baseball fan, too. The card-carrying Beat writer and publisher of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” and several books by Jack Kerouac, including “Book of Dreams” and “Pomes All Sizes,” has a most fitting poem for this…
Read More »FYI, Globe Calendar’s Halloween Costume Ideas
Thanks to Globe reporters Courtney Hollands and Nicole Cammorata for suggestions for last-minute Halloween costumes in today’s Boston Globe Calendar. Unfortunately, the photo was not included online. You have to see the hard copy of the paper for the full effect—the yoga mat is worn like a serape and marked…
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