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The City of Lawrence Fire department has been awarded a $6.6 million grant of Homeland Security funds to rehire laid-off firefighters and perhaps add some new firefighter positions. The announcement was made this evening by US Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. From the Eagle-Tribune: The Lawrence Fire…
Read More »For at least a year, much of my news from Tewksbury and Chelmsford comes from their respective “Patch” sites. Patch.com is part of a nationwide effort by America Online to revive itself. There are 800 different Patch sites around the country with four in the Greater Lowell region: Tewksbury, Chelmsford,…
Read More »From Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch’s “Office of the City Manager Blog” – Last evening, I presented a draft of the adminstration’s strategic goals and objectives before the Personnel Subcommittee. The subcommittee plans to reconvene in two weeks and submit comments and feedback which will be incorporated into the final…
Read More »State Senator Barry Finegold has just posted his upcoming District Office Hours: Next Monday – January 24, 2011: Dracut: Dracut Council on Aging, 951 Mammoth Road, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lawrence: Lawrence Senior Center, 155 Haverhill Street, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Andover: Andover Senior Center, 36 Bartlet Street,…
Read More »Several hundred people gathered yesterday at the Wyndham Hotel in Andover, Mass., for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Branch of the NAACP. Branch President Rev. Roger A. Sawtelle of Lowell said one of the things he enjoys about the yearly gathering is that…
Read More »Lowell resident and MassINC Executive Vice President John Schneider has been pushing the Gateway Cities initiative. Read the message that he and his colleague Ben Forman recently released. For details on MassINC’s Gateway Cities Education Summit in Worcestor on Feb. 4, visit www.massinc.org The Gateway Cities Globe moment This past Thanksgiving day, The Boston Globe began a…
Read More »It’s only midway through the Golden Globe Awards and “The Fighter” has already won two major awards, Christian Bale won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dickie Ecklund, and Melissa Leo won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alice Ward. Below is Bale’s award, captured from the TV…
Read More »From Nanyce Tuttle’s 2004 Lowell Sun interview with “Local Hero” Lura Smith: Each year, the biggest and best day in Lura Smith’s busy life is Martin Luther King Day. It’s the day that Smith, the elegant, effervescent assistant to Middlesex Community College President Carole Cowan, plans for all year long…
Read More »Bob Massie – Candidate for the US Senate in Massachusetts Democratic activists and political junkies of a certain age (like me) will have little trouble remembering Bob Massie – the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor in 1994 – others not-so-much! Seeing a notice that Bob Massie was the guest speaker at…
Read More »For perspective, here’s an essay by Columbia University physics scholar Brian Greene about what we know and don’t know about our largest neighborhood, the universe. Read his commentary here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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