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‘Jumping-Off Point’ by Richard Marion
“Jumping-Off Point” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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International Institute: Boston, Lowell, Manchester N.H.
October 13, 2011
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PaulM
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In light of the news about One Lowell, it may be helpful to remind ourselves about the International Institute, which has been in Lowell for decades. The missions are not the same, but serving newcomers to the city, region, and country is the main purpose. Here’s the joint website. There is…
Read More »Bill Clinton on the “Good” in OWS: HuffPo
October 13, 2011
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PaulM
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From huffingtonpost.com, here’s former President Bill Clinton commenting on the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country.
Read More »Back to the Land: Refugee Farm Programs Succeed (NYTimes)
Patricia Leigh Brown of the NYTimes today writes about the refugee farm program that began in the Merrimack Valley with the late John Ogonowski of Dracut, who was killed on September 11 when his plane was hijacked. Read her West Coast-based report that references the origin of the program here. Thanks…
Read More »WLLH Radio Origins Date Back to October 10, 1934
This item is a cross-post from my recent post on the Lowell Historical Society blog site here. I came across this newsworthy historical tidbit today. The first radio station of note in Lowell was known as WLLH radio. Wikipedia and other sources tell us the story of the origins of…
Read More »Sunday’s Sports
On TV yesterday, I watched parts of various games, and gave the Patriots quite a bit of time. Beating the Jets is always a good thing. I haven’t felt good about that team since Joe Namath stopped playing. Although the Jets got close a few times, the contest was a…
Read More »High Line: New York City’s ‘Park in the Sky’
See bbc.com for a report on a popular and innovative adaptive reuse of an abandoned elevated subway track in New York City. Is this an option for rethinking the Textile Memorial Bridge/University Ave. Bridge if the bridge is not demolished?
Read More »‘The Ides of March’
If you are cynical about politicians and politicking, you may want to skip this movie. Not one of the main characters in this story fares well. You definitely do not want to be these people on screen. The story reinforces citizens’ worst assumptions about politics. But politics is only the…
Read More »Creative Economy and Steve Jobs: NYT Business Day
Mr. Jobs’s legacy will be ‘the blending of technology and poetry. It’s not about design per se; it’s the poetic aspect of the entire enterprise.’ James B. Stewart today writes about Steve Jobs’s passion for great design in a long article in the Business Day section of the NYTimes. If…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Media Empire Building to Our North?
October 8, 2011
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Marie
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The Nashua Telegraph has an interesting article this morning about a former GOP Senate candidate’s plan to build a new media empire across the New Hampshire landscape – even dipping down into the Massachusetts end of the Merrimack Valley. The hot times of a New Hampshire presidential primary season may…
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