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Natasha Young, a post 9/11 local veteran, is organizing a community service project in Lowell that is worthy of everyone’s attention. On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 9 am, Natasha and a group of volunteers will gather at the Lowell VA Outpatient Clinic at 130 Marshall Road to improve the…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: Last month I explained why Reaganomics was a dismal failure. Now I will focus on lessons that Clintonomics have to offer. President…
Read More »A section of the lower Highlands neighborhood of Lowell was recently designated “Cambodia Town” by the city the significance of which is explained as follows on the city of Lowell website: The City of Lowell has designated the Cambodia Town area within the Lower Highlands neighborhood in order to elevate…
Read More »Middlesex Community College’s Pat Cook ran the Boston Marathon in yesterday’s near record-breaking heat. Pat shares a narrative of his experience on the race route with plenty of pictures on his aptly named “Wicked Good Blog”. Be sure to check it out and if you bump into Pat, Barry Scanlon…
Read More »Results of today’s Tewksbury Town elections: (* winner) Number Voting: 4433 Percentage voting: 21.4% Selectman: *Gay (I): 2600 * Wilson (I): 2195 Marcin: 1155 Miano: 1572 Planning Board: *Reed (I): 2548 Sullivan: 1455 Board of Health: Fernald (I): 1993 * Sheehan (I): 2243 *Brother: 2368 Shawsheen School Committee: Downing (I): 1536 * Kelley: 2345 Question 1: DEFEATED Yes: 1465 * No: 2914 Notes…
Read More »When I hear the term “experiential learning” I sometimes suspect it’s another piece of educational jargon but yesterday at the UMass Lowell Tsongas Center I saw first hand the value of such a method of instruction. The Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union held a “Money Strong” fair for more than 200…
Read More »Our friends at the Lowell City Manager’s blog remind us that this is an important week in celebration of National Community Development: City of Lowell Celebrates National Community Development Week April 10, 2012 by Office of the City Manager The City of Lowell will join communities across the country to celebrate National…
Read More »The Easter Bunny delivered three dark chocolate butter cream eggs to my basket overnight. In doing so, he – why we assume the Easter Bunny is male is another matter – sought to teach a lesson in comparison shopping. The three eggs appeared identical. Each one weighed 4 ounces, contained…
Read More »John Prendergast meeting in South Sudan during the Southern Sudanese independence referendum, 2011 with President Jimmy Carter, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and George Clooney (web photo courtesy of wikipedia.com) John Prendergast of the Enough Project is the 2012 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. He has two…
Read More »The historically minded among you might want to mark a couple of upcoming events on your calendars. On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 2 pm at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in Lowell, I will give a talk on Lowell and the coming of the…
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