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Happy Birthday, Ivy
Ivy, our Yellow Lab, turns 5 years old today. The photo above is from this morning. Despite the temperature of only 1 degree, she still wanted to go for a walk but the human side of that equation thought better of it.
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Brrr… Brush Gallery Chili Contest
2nd Annual Chili Contest! SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 12 – 4 PM (Snow: Sunday, January 27, 12 – 4) Vote for your favorite chili and let your tastebuds be heard! $10.00 – Tickets at the Brush Gallery Proceeds to support our Special Perspectives Art Program for developmentally delay adults. Click here to learn…
Read More »Progressive Patriotism
Years from now historians will cite President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address as the launch point of a new era of progressive action and values in America. From climate change to gun control to education to gay rights, women’s rights and voting rights, to the “inherent value” of social programs such…
Read More »UMass Lowell footbridge
Tony Sampas took some photos of the installation of the footbridge that connects the new UML dormitory on Marginal Street with the rest of the South Campus by allowing students to safely pass over active railroad tracks.
Read More »Upcoming Community Meetings
East Pawtucketville Neighborhood Group Meeting: Monday, February 4, 2013 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm McAvinnue Elementary School, 131 Mammoth Rd., Lowell, MA Enter at side door on Fourth Ave. Nancy Pitkin, Trustee of the Lowell Public Library, will talk about all the new, great services (online and traditional) that the…
Read More »State of the State Speech
Governor Patrick gave a succinct state of the state speech this evening. He spoke mainly about the importance of upgrading our transportation and education systems and said that “since we all have a stake in the future, we should all be willing to invest in it now.” To fund that…
Read More »Martin Luther King Jr on Labor
UMass Lowell professor Bob Forrant kindly brought the following quote to our attention on the occasion of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, January 15, 1929. “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles,…
Read More »New SJC Decision on Foreclosures
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a new foreclosure decision yesterday in the case of HSBC Bank vs. Matt. But the SJC stated emphatically that it was not a foreclosure case. Except it was. The following is my explanation of the case and its significance. It’s a long explanation, but…
Read More »“A Healthy Budget” by John Edward
John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. The result was as expected. The government averted the fiscal cliff, for now. However, they did not solve the budget problem. Spending…
Read More »My visit to the Pollard Library
The email arrived late Friday. Immediately my pulse quickened and my breath became short. The book I had ordered from the Pollard Memorial Library had arrived and was waiting to be picked up. My physiological reaction wasn’t due to excitement about the book, it was due to my apprehension about…
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