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Greg on Prejudice & Perseverance
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.
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Lowell Police statement on stolen guns
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 »Wahlberg and Russell on WBUR – the Lowell Connection
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 »Rowdy the River Hawk Let Go
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 »Viral Video, Homeless Man with Golden Voice
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 »The right to keep and bear arms
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…
Read More »Jan 4, 2011 Solar Eclipse
Pictures of this morning’s solar eclipse from various parts of the world, taken by Citizen Journalists and brought to us by the BBC.
Read More »Images from Grand Street Peace Walk
Greg at The New Englander posted pictures from yesterday’s “peace walk” and remembrance of victims on Grand Street in the Lower Highlands. See his photos here. I don’t have any information about contributions or donations in memory of Corinna Oeur. If one of our readers has information, please share it in…
Read More »Time to Dump the Telephone Book?
Every year Verizon delivers about forty of fifty telephone books to the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds where I work. Sixteen years ago when I first started working at the courthouse these books were gobbled up by both court and registry employees the day they arrived. Now they sit in…
Read More »‘It’s time we made lemonade’ by Paul Hudon
Paul Hudon, author of “An Illustrated History of the Lower Merrimack: The Valley and its Peoples“, has some observations on the state of national politics as we enter 2011: You have to wonder if ‘the happy warrior’ is trying to tell us something. Hubert Horatio Humphrey was laid to rest…
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