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The ‘Time’
September 20, 2013
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PaulM
Posted in Election 2013, Current Events, History, Lowell
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In this space I wrote about a political house party the other day. Another building block of the local campaign is “the time,” a term with aromatic political roots that is not used as much in Lowell these days, but is familiar to politicos in places like South Boston and…
Read More »The House Party
In our democracy one of the revered institutions is the New England town meeting, the equivalent of a political common where voters gather to make decisions together under the one person-one vote rule. In the state houses, city and town halls, and our national congress representatives who are elected by…
Read More »Lowell’s Got Moxie! Check Out ‘Entrepreneurship in Lowell’: 9/25, 6 pm
Stirred up in Lowell in 1876, Moxie was the first mass-manufactured soft drink in the U.S. The Lowell Heritage Partnership will present an expert panel discussion about the City of Lowell’s innovative past, present and future on Wed., Sept. 25 at 6 pm at the Merrimack Valley Sandbox in Wannalancit Mills. Speakers…
Read More »‘Rooftops from Wilder Street Bridge’ by Richard Marion
“Rooftops from Wilder Street Bridge” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net The original image is a printed lino-cut of a view looking northeast toward the gas storage tanks that once stood off School Street and farther to the top of City Hall.
Read More »‘Hampton Lobster’ by Richard Marion
“Hampton Lobster” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net This one is for everyone feeling the heat and thinking about the sea breeze.
Read More »9/11 Memorial at UMass Lowell
Monument to the University of Massachusetts Lowell community (alumni and family members of alumni) who perished on September 11, 2001: Patrick J Quigley IV, Christopher Zarba ’79, Jessica Leigh Sachs, John A Ogonowski, ’72, Robert J Hayes, ’86, Brian K Kinney, ’95, and Douglas A Gowell, ’71. Photos by Tony Sampas. …
Read More »‘Middlesex & Wood Streets’ by Richard Marion
‘Middlesex & Wood Streets” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 [drawing, 2005] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Moral Dilemma, 1938-39
President Obama and his administration believe Syrian government officials ordered the use of chemical weapons on opposition fighters and civilians (children, women, and men) in the Syrian civil war. Hundreds, if not more than 1,000, people died. United Nations’ inspectors are analyzing evidence taken from the attack site. The weapons…
Read More »Did Football Damage Kerouac?, The New Yorker Asks
The New Yorker magazine’s online site has posted a thoughtful article by Ian Sheffler in which the writer examines the possibility that head injuries from his football days may explain some of the health and emotional disorders that plagued author Jack Kerouac as an adult. Read the article here. Jack…
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