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Lowell Mayor Milinazzo Invites Citizens to the 175th Celebration
April 2011 To the citizens of Lowell, This April marks the 175th Anniversary of the City of Lowell’s incorporation. Throughout the year there will be lively festivals, events and activities happening all over the city to commemorate the occasion. On behalf of the committee and my colleagues in government it…
Read More »Jim Calhoun – Another Lowell Connection
April 5, 2011
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Marie
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Jim Calhoun, UConn Basketball Coach We do like to make those Lowell connections. The starting center for the UConn Huskies – Sophomore and Lowell native – Alex Oriakhi was a critical player in last night’s win for the national chanpionship with his 11 points and 11 rebounds. Oriakhi played at…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Steward and Saints Medical Center Letter of Intent to Buy
The Globe is reporting on BusinessUpdates that Steward Health Care Systems announced this morning that they have a letter of intent to purchase yet another hospital in the Merrimack Valley. Saints Medical Center in Lowell seems to find Steward “a good fit” for the hospital’s “mission, vision and values” according…
Read More »Kerouac’s “On the Road” Makes the List
On HuffingtonPost – Zoe Triska tell us the results of HuffPo’s query of readers about books they are currently reading published over fifteen years ago. Not surprisingly given yet another movie version – Jane Eyre was a popular choice. Of the nineteen books and their covers on the wesite, Jack…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: A Close-Call for Mayor Lantigua
The Eagle-Tribue is reporting today that Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua and his aide Patrick Blanchette were nearly run down yesterday as they stood outside City Hall. Lantigua – who filed a report with the Police Department – noticed a car circling around as he and Blanchette talked about a possible…
Read More »Obama speech: still more questions than answers by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If Ronald Reagan was the great communicator, Barack Obama is the great synthesizer. In an artfully designed presentation, he pulled together all the disparate themes that have been raised in the last three weeks regarding our Libyan involvement…
Read More »ETIC, Time Capsule, Soaring Steel
The topping off ceremony at the construction site of UMass Lowell’s Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center was satisfyingly inspirational for many reasons, chief among them being the sight of a long white steel girder autographed by hundreds of people in blue Sharpie and bearing a small fir tree and US…
Read More »Big day at Western Avenue Studios this Saturday
With April 2 being the first Saturday of the month, Western Avenue Studios will have its normal Open Studios during the day, but there’s much more this month. Here’s the schedule: –Noon to 5 PM, First Saturday Open Studios –5 PM, Q&A/PERFORMANCE: This show is open to everyone but our…
Read More »Art of, by, and for America
March 31, 2011
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PaulM
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The NYTimes today has an article about a new art project involving tractor trailers and a bunch of activist visual artists and writers and performers. Read about The Great American Art Trip as reported by Randy Kennedy, and get the NYT if you want more of this kind of arts…
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