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Congresswomen Niki Tsongas sponsored a screening of the “The Invisible War” last night at the Lowell National Park visitor center. This 2010 documentary explores the incidence of rape and sexual assault in the military (the Department of Defense itself estimates that in 2010 alone, there were more than 19,000 violent…
Read More »The death of George McGovern is something of a milestone for me. I cast my first presidential vote for him in November 1972. The voting age had been lowered to 18 that year in deference to the 18-year-olds who were being drafted to fight in Vietnam. Sen. McGovern opposed the…
Read More »Friday night a bolt of lightning struck a tree in Lowell Cemetery and removed a 25 foot long strip of bark, starting up high and spiraling down almost to the ground.
Read More »Lowell’s Angkor Dance Troupe will celebrate its 25th anniversary next Saturday night with the world premiere performance of Apsara Dancing Stones at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. (October 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.). Here is some information about the Troupe and the event: Angkor Dance Troupe is celebrating 25 years in…
Read More »Sheila Bair, a Republican from Kansas who led the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) from 2006 through 2011, endorsed Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy for the US Senate yesterday. During a Business Roundtable discussion at Lowell’s Mambo Grill yesterday hosted by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (shown above along with, from left, Elizabeth Warren,…
Read More »This Saturday (October 20) at 10 am, I will lead one more tour of historic Lowell Cemetery. This tour was initiated by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce for its members, but the Chamber has graciously opened it to the public. The tour will begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance…
Read More »Two nights ago – Tuesday, October 16 – many in Lowell felt the tremors from a 4.5 earthquake the struck in southern Maine. Little damage was done and some, like me, didn’t even feel it. Others described it as having someone working on the roof or having a helicopter flying…
Read More »I’m sure that I’m not the first one to make note of this, but one aspect of this election is fundamentally about style: hip versus square. I don’t think Gov. Romney would quarrel with this characterization. He is comfortable in his own skin. As the weeks wear on, however, and…
Read More »The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” made news coast to coast and around the world this week. Among the media outlets that published articles and reviews or broadcast reports were the Associated Press, Rolling Stone, WBUR and WGBH radio in Boston, the Sun, Howl in Lowell and…
Read More »Videos of speeches by Governor Deval Patrick, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, and Chancellor Marty Meehan at yesterday’s grand opening of the UMass Lowell Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center. [youtube]IskYSIlljTo[/youtube] [youtube]wJDOyP-riFo[/youtube] [youtube]0957A2BvpSo[/youtube]
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