We are reminded by an article in today’s Globe here, that on this Saturday September 11th the 31st Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contest holds sway at Lowell’s premier outdoor concert venue – Boardinghouse Park in the historic downtown. Imagine it has been 31 years since Park Ranger and musician Alex Demas put…
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There will be two tours of the historic Lowell Cemetery this weekend. The first on Friday, September 10 at 1 pm. The second on Saturday, September 11 at 10 am. All tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance which is right next to Shedd Park. The tours are free, open…
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I watched the gubernatorial debate last night sponsored by WBZ. The format of the debate worked well and Jon Keller did a good job as moderator. Over the one hour the candidates covered many issues with “money, or lack of” being the most important. Here are some of my general…
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Did you catch the story about former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee over the weekend? The minor league team the Brockton Rox asked Lee to throw out the first pitch last Sunday. Lee refused, sort of…actually he said he would not throw out the first pitch of the game,…
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Maybe it’s my imagination, but there seems to be a real uptick in the number of shootings in the city over the past few days. Consider this: Last night at midnight there was a report of shots being fired on Alma Street in Centralville Yesterday afternoon police rushed to Jewett…
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OK, now we’re talking. For Labor Day, President Obama called on Congress to support a $50 billion program to modernize US infrastructure over the next six years. Read the report from AOL.COM here. I heard the President was a pretty good poker player back in Chicago. It sounds like he’s…
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The following might sound like it came out of the movie “Dave,” in which a presidential look-alike who runs a temp agency (Kevin Kline) winds up being secretly installed as president after the real prez has a stroke. At first manipulated by an evil chief of staff (Frank Langella), “Dave”…
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“I Believe in an America Where the Separation of Church and State is Absolute” Don’t miss David Pevear’s story in today’s Lowell SUN on the role of Catholicism in the 1960 Presidential election – it includes an interview with Lowell Attorney and life-long Democratic operative, activist, advisor and…
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I met Robert Reich in Lowell in 1981. Anyone who attended the annual Lowell Conference on Industrial History (LCIH) that year, when he was invited to comment on one of the scholarly papers, remembers how he stole the show with his brilliant, insightful, brief remarks about the relationship of government and…
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School begins in Lowell today. Even if you don’t have someone heading to the classroom, the increase in traffic, particularly from school buses, will transform everyone’s morning commute. Drive carefully and good luck to all students and educators.
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