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After thirty-one years as a successful late night talk show host, last night David Letterman announced his retirement. The 67 year old entertainer began his career as a weatherman in Indianapolis before moving into comedy writing. In his early appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, I found Letterman’s…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Despite a hailstorm today, little green shoots are starting to poke their heads up in our yard, tomorrow is April 1st and the baseball season has officially started. I’m poised to wrest control of my garden from the rabbits and welcome…
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: The good news is our government is very good at collecting economic data. The bad news is the headline numbers can be misleading. March 7, 2014 The Fall…
Read More »This coming Friday at 2:45 pm, Lowell High School has organized a panel discussion on the crisis in Ukraine, Crimea, and the Russian Federation. The program will take place in the Lowell High Little Theater and will last until until 4 pm. The public is invited to attend. Panelists for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If you’re Jewish, think twice about moving to Bedford, MA. That’s the message of recent anti-Semitic incidents in that west suburban town. Elementary school children play a game called “Jail the Jews.” Swastika graffiti is discovered at an…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas convened a meeting of her Veterans Advisory Council yesterday with special guest Coleman Nee who has been the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Veterans Services since 2009. More than 30 veterans, many of them veterans service officers in Lowell and other Third Congressional District communities, attended the meeting. Congresswoman…
Read More »Screen and Twitter pics from the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast ~ US Senator Elizabeth Warren greets hundreds at the breakfast ~ Head Table with State Senator/ candidate for Treasurer Barry Finegold at the far left, Senate President Therese Murray left of podium, Congressman Stephen Lynch seated to the…
Read More »Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is tomorrow / SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be tomorrow Saturday March 15, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. (Some members may be leaving to attend Paul…
Read More »Back in November at the annual meeting of Lowell Telecommunications Corporation, I had the opportunity to meet Gary Bergeron who won the LTC 2013 Innovator award for his documentary BASTA which was entirely produced at LTC. Gary is a victim of the clergy abuse scandal and BASTA documents his journey…
Read More »UMass Lowell history professor and economic analyst Bob Forrant yesterday contributed an op-ed essay to the Eagle-Tribune newspaper of Greater Lawrence. In the piece, Bob makes a case for this being a turn-around moment in Lawrence based on positive facts, which are chipping away at the standard negative perception of…
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