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The last time I remember rioting in the streets in the Middle East, it was 1979 and the people of Iran overthrew the Shah. Islamic fundamentalists seized control, the US Embassy was seized and its staff taken hostage, and the world became a much more dangerous place. Could the same…
Read More »American Kennel Club lists most popular dog breeds in the nation. This one looks like our guy at home. Read about it on boston.com.
Read More »In today’s Globe Robert Weisman profiles James Roosevelt, Jr. the would-be CEO of a proposed new non-profit healthcare insurer to be formed by the merger of Tufts Health Care and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Roosevelt with deep political roots – grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longtime general counsel of the…
Read More »Death Comes Home in the Morning . Rosemary said the Shuttle had exploded. Donna turned on the office radio. News came in the same tone as the spoken news From Dallas when President Kennedy was shot. The pub TV played without commercials. The flying machine shattered. It wasn’t the biggest loss…
Read More »The Hubble Space Telescope has produced another wonder, a view of what may be the oldest galaxy in the universe yet to be seen by humans. Read the NYTimes article here, and get the paper if you want more. It is a smudge of light only a tiny fraction of the size of…
Read More »Historic New England – formerly known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) – is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. It was founded in 1910 by William Sumner Appleton* to preserve and present the cultural and architectural heritage of…
Read More »Boston Globe writers Ty Burr and Wesley Morris remind us this morning in their report on the Academy Award nominations, that the results have a decidedly ‘Boston and environs” voice. Check out the full article “Oscar acquires a Boston accent” here. Stay tuned for Oscar Night on Sunday February 27, 2011.
Read More »Channel 5 reporter Kelley Tuthill came to Lowell this morning looking for reaction to the fate of “The Fighter” on this Academy Award nomination day. On the 6 o’clock edition of the news we caught Tuthill meeting with Micky Ward and Dicky Ekland for an interview at the Owl Diner and with Mickey…
Read More »Today in a live early-morning ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The Lowell-made movie “The Fighter” based on the life of Lowell fighter “Irish” Micky Ward and his family garnered six Oscar nominations for –…
Read More »Pawtucket Congregational Church in Lowell, Massachuestt – National Register of Historic Places -2007 Today Secretary of State William F. Galvin – who also chairs the Massachusetts Historical Commission -announced that the Historical Commission is accepting nominations for the 33rd Annual Preservation Awards Program. This award program recognizes preservation projects and individuals that…
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