The regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats will be held this Saturday June 19, 2010 at 8am SHARP at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. In addition to the regular agenda Dick Howe – Register of Deeds Middlesex North – will do a presentation on…
Congratulations to Middlesex Community College for tonight’s 12th MCC Celebrity Forum at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Ken Burns was simply outstanding. He entered from the rear of the hall, accompanied by a vintage recording of “This Land is Your Land” and quickly mounted the stage that was decorated by foliage,…
I noticed a query on “Lowell Tweets” today asking about the opening day for the annual CTI/Lowell Farmers’ Market. The good news – according to CTI – the official opening is set for Friday July 9, 2010. UPDATED: The Farmers’ Market will be open from 2:00-6:00pm from July 9th through…
Earlier this evening I attended the Annual Meeting of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. As an early advocate and a founding member of the Community Foundation along with Dick Donahue, Peter Stamas, Mary Bacigalupo, George Duncan and others – I have a special interest in the Foundation. I’m happy to report that the…
Read the Globe’s report about the views of the editorial board of Mass. Benchmarks, which tracks the state’s economy. Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell is a member of the board. Click here for Rob Gavin’s article in the Globe, and consider subscribing if you appreciate the writing. And here’s…
UMass Lowell hockey broadcasts have been over for many weeks, the WUML-FM SUNRISE radio program is long-gone, WLLH’s MORNING MAGAZINE is a memory, and I’m missing the voice of radioman Bob Ellis on the Merrimack Valley airwaves. Bob’s voice is a piece of our modern cultural history in this region,…
The Merrimack Valley has seen changes or changes are in the works at the top level of many school districts lately – Tewksbury, Dracut, Andover, Lawrence, Haverhill, Greater Lowell Voke, Greater Lawrence Voke and probably more. There are so many that even the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents can’t keep its website…
There’s still time to register for the Innovative Cities Conference this week at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Speakers will include former White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrion, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, and urban affairs experts and city leaders from Ann Arbor (Mich.), Asheville…
Last Thursday, the Senate voted 53-47 to block the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 26, which read as follows: “A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the…
We bought our first Mercury Sable back in the 1990s and now have our fourth and fifth versions of that car sitting in the driveway. The recent news that Ford is putting an end to its 71-year old Mercury line provokes mixed feelings in me: I have some affection for…
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