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At a city parking garage I recently received a handful of golden colored $1 coins as change from the payment kiosk and was amazed to discover they all bore the image of —- Franklin Pierce. The logic was inescapable: an obscure president on an obscure coin. Later I mentioned it…
Read More »Auxiliary Bishops-Elect Kennedy and Uglietto The United States Conference of Bishops announced today that Pope Benedict XVI “has named Father Arthur Kennedy, 68, and Father Peter J. Uglietto, 58, priests of the Archdiocese of Boston and both seminary rectors, as auxiliary bishops of Boston. The pope also accepted the resignation…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting today that opinions vary on the future impact of Caritas Holy Family Hospital going the for-profit route. The fifth of six public hearings was held last night in Methuen by the office of AG Martha Coakley and the Department of Public Health who are both overseering…
Read More »[youtube]hHUiCYAE2DY[/youtube] For those of us old enough to have grown up watching Rocky and Bullwinkle constantly clash with (and always prevail over) Russian spies Boris and Natasha (shown above), news that a Russian spy ring was rolled up comes as no surprise. While the accents and trench coats remain as…
Read More »The New York Times today profiles Nevada US Senate candidate Sharron Angle’s apparent strategy of avoiding contact with the mainstream media at all cost. Angle is the Tea Party candidate who went from longshot to Republican nominee despite gaining national attention for suggesting the people should pay for their health…
Read More »Today’s decision of the United States Supreme Court in McDonald v Chicago came as no surprise. This case involved a citizen’s challenge of what he considered an overly restrictive gun control law in the city of Chicago. Two years ago, the US Supreme Court clarified the long-ambiguous 2nd Amendment to…
Read More »Back in 2007 – Ellen Murphy Meehan served as Campaign Chair for Niki Tsongas’ run in the special election to replace Marty Meehan. Marty served as Congressman from the Fifth Congressional District from 1993 to 2007. Tsongas loyalists and supporters just got the message by e-mail – Ellen Murphy Meehan is…
Read More »The coming week should be one of the busiest of the year in the real estate world. Buyers seeking to claim the Federal first time home buyer tax credit of $8000 must complete their closing by June 30 to qualify (they had to have the property under agreement by April…
Read More »In a post on his “Talking Politics” blog on the Boston Phoenix website, David Bernstein suggests that the Scott Brown campaign may be violating the state’s anti-scalping law with an August 30 fund raiser at Lowell’s own Lelacheur Park. That night’s Spinners’ game features “Scott Brown bobblehead” night and Brown’s…
Read More »Pawtucket Falls post card image /UML Center for Lowell History The other day it was people from Lawrence weighing-in on the Enel North America plan to regulate the flow of water over the historic Pawtucket Falls with a pneumatic crest gate, or “inflatable bladder,” installation system on the Pawtucket Dam. As…
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