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Bob Herbert of the NYTimes today uses his column inches in the nation’s newspaper of record to pound the President, Democrats, and Republicans for neglecting their responsibility to help Americans who are most needy. The late Peter Stamas of Lowell (Lowell High Headmaster, President of Human Services Corp. of Lowell,…
Read More »The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a much anticipated decision today that, while properly decided, will result in further damage to our country’s already injured housing market. Here are the facts of US Bank v Ibanez: In December 2005, Antonio Ibanez borrowed $103,000 from Rose Mortgage Company to finance the…
Read More »Mike Luciano, a regular reader of and sometime contributor to this site, sent along the following post that takes issue with today’s Lowell Sun editorial: I imagine that reading a Lowell Sun editorial is like walking through a house where multiple homicides have just occurred. You wander through in a…
Read More »“BusinessUpdates” on today’s Boston.com is reporting that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a land court ruling in cases without proper paperwork in place. The implications are both local and federal. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today upheld a contentious land court ruling that puts in question the ownership of…
Read More »In the context of recent troubles in the city, Greg at The New Englander shares his insights about the destructive power of racism as well as its limits in our immediate society. Read his thoughts here.
Read More »Here’s the full text of a statement issued by the Lowell Police Department regarding the 40 guns that were recently stolen from a residence in the Acre: An intense and comprehensive investigation into the theft of numerous firearms from a residence on Dublin Street is currently under way. The LPD…
Read More »I caught parts of the Mark Wahlberg/David O. Russell interview on WBUR’s “Fresh Air” program earlier this afternoon. It was interesting – especially as they talked about Lowell and the city as an integral part of their movie – “The Fighter.” Check it out for yourself here at WBUR.org.
Read More »This just in, no one is safe from the effects of the shrinking economy…Not even Rowdy the River Hawk. This video was originally post by umlriverhawks. UMass Lowell mascot, Rowdy the River Hawk, has been relieved of his duties after a sixteen-year run at the University. [youtube]NUXZ_TiUxko[/youtube]
Read More »This is a wild story. Listen to the voice. Stay with the clip to the end or push the progress bar to the last ten seconds.
Read More »A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Second Amendment to the US Constitution I realize that the US Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment guarantees the right…
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