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While the trial of former House Speaker Sal DiMasi last week came to a close, the jury verdict did not signal an end to the apparently wide-ranging investigation that led to that trial. Yesterday, the Globe reported that DiMasi’s convicted co-defendant, Richard McDonough, had, according to the Globe story which…
Read More »The Lowell Small Business Assistance center is now publishing a monthly Newsletter. Highlighted this month is a new microloan program: This month the Center announced the Lowell Small Business Assistance Center Microloan Fund program. We are very excited to be able to offer financial resources to entrepreneurs while also serving…
Read More »In advance of the upcoming release of “The Fighter” on DVD in the United Kingdom, two English tabloids sent reporters to Lowell about a month ago to write about the city that was central to the film’s story and production. Deb Belanger of the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor’s…
Read More »In today’s Globe writer Eric Moskowitz tells us about his out and about coverage of fan reaction to the Bruins Stanley Cup victory. His wanderings around Canal Street led him to an exhibit at the West End Museum, a gallery on Staniford Street. His discovery of the origin of Canal…
Read More »The Global War Veterans of Greater Lowell held a “flag retirement” ceremony today at the Veteran’s Square section of the Westlawn Cemetery. Flags that had become unserviceable due to ordinary wear and tear were collected and then “retired.” The proper method to do that is to burn the flags in…
Read More »According to a story in today’s Eagle Tribune, Merrimack Valley best-selling author Andre Dubus III told a Haverhill Chamber of Commerce audience that he has signed a contract to have his memoir “Townie” about growing up in Haverhill made into a movie. Two unnamed actor-producer brothers have paid for a…
Read More »Here we go again. We will hear more and more about the New Hampshire Primary of 2012 as the weeks are peeled off the calendar and the new year approaches. I don’t get it. Why should New Hampshire be even one day before Massachusetts in the schedule of caucuses and primaries? I…
Read More »The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats will be held tomorrow – Saturday June 18, 20011 – at 8am at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. The regular agenda will include: ongoing topics such as the status of the 5th District and legislative redistricting…
Read More »If you know a student who will be entering Grade 9 in the Fall, have the student check out the Compass Program on the Lowell High website. Funded by a state grant, the Compass Program provides summer enrichment programs at the Stoklosa School throughout the month of July. All of…
Read More »About a month ago a New York Times article laid out a complex new procedure the city’s police department had instituted for traffic ticket accountability. I don’t remember all of the details of the process (follow the link and read the story if the process is of interest) but I…
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