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Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is tomorrow ~ SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be tomorrow Saturday May 10, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. Note: This is earlier in the month than usual. Two…
Read More »From our friends at “2014 ~ Doors Open Lowell” ~ Over 25 Historic Buildings Open May 15 – 17! The 13th Annual Doors Open Lowell, presented as part of Lowell’s National Preservation Month activities, will take place May 15-17. The event offers an insider’s look into the preservation of over…
Read More »Some online followers of Lowell politics have created a drinking game called “double poles.” Every time a city councilor at a city council meeting utters the words “double poles” (as in two telephone poles standing side-by-side) participants in the game take a drink of an adult beverage. It’s a joke,…
Read More »The call for books is out from the Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library! This is a great opportunity for the community to support your public library and the mission and program of the Friends. The Friends of the Pollard Library annual book sale takes place Thursday-Saturday, May 15-17, at the…
Read More »In the current Master Plan for Lowell, Sustainable Lowell 2025, the chapter on Sustainable Neighborhoods includes the following recommendation: ◙ Identify funding and implement planned improvements at South Common.
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Read More »Congratulations to everyone who participated in the successful civic-engagement action at the Lowell City Council last night, encouraging the councilors to study further refinements of the current design of Father Morissette Boulevard as opposed to removing bike lanes and parking meters. Kudos to the council as a whole for showing…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The latest bad news from the Middle East is that the Palestinian Authority (the Fatah faction) has entered a “unity pact” with militant group Hamas, which has pledged never to recognize the right of Israel to exist. The…
Read More »Books by French professors of economics usually don’t get much attention in the United States, but a recently published one by Thomas Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics, certainly has changed that. Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, explores the issue of income inequality. On Friday,…
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