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Just a reminder about the coming the Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grant proposal deadline – it’s Tuesday July 1, 2014. A letter from GLCF Executive Director Susan Winship spells out the details and shows the community the scope of what the Foundation supports. This year the Distribution Committee with Trustee approval will grant $94,500 to…
Read More »This is a cross-post from Lowell Historical Society board member Eileen Loucraft’s site “Lowell Doughboys and More” as she reminds us of these important marker’s in Lowell history. Lowell native Sgt. Ryan Pitts of Nashua, NH was just selected as the latest recipient of the MEDAL OF HONOR. Lowell Doughboys and more… Many…
Read More »Congressman John Tierney, (MA-6CD) Sun staffer Rick Sobey writes today about the Democratic primary race in the 6th Congressional District where two candidates are challenging longtime incumbent John Tierney. It’s a timely article that attempts to draw a parallel with this race and the 1992 race in the 5th Congressional District back when…
Read More »Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is this coming SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be held this Saturday June 21, 2014 in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. This is the last regular meeting before our summer break. AGENDA: The regular agenda will…
Read More »The following is excerpted from a notebook in which I wrote about the first Iraq War or Gulf War. With talk of a third Iraq War, I went back to look and decided to share these fragments from 23 years ago.—PM Gulf War Notebook (1991) Feb. 15. Iraq’s Revolutionary Command…
Read More »For info contact Donna White at donnawhite@glmt.org or 978-319-8867 GLMT announces summer shows LOWELL, Mass. – The Greater Lowell Music Theatre, in partnership with the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, is pleased to present its 2014 summer season of musicals. All shows are performed in Durgin Concert Hall, located on…
Read More »The recent death of Beverly Bennett – a businesswoman and charitable activist – who lived her entire life on Andover Street in North Tewksbury across from the First Baptist Church – made me think about the people who lived in our area of North Tewksbury over the years, my old neighbors, …
Read More »This morning a big bus wrapped with the slogan… “When Woman succeed… America succeeds …” rolled into Lowell and stopped at Middlesex Community College where a crowd of woman (and yes some men) eagerly awaited them. These Democratic ladies of the US House of representatives were led by former Speaker…
Read More »Today Mass Moments brings us a history-making event from 1971… it took place on the iconic Lexington Green. It highlights a past that flows into the present… protests of war and foreign involvement persist today. The fall-out of war – treatment of our veterans – was a post-Vietnam issue and it is a issue of controversy…
Read More »Here are the “Bridge Builder” honorees from this evening’s Community Teamwork (CTI) “Building Bridges to Independence” event at the UML/ICC. A great event with worthy honorees… David McLean representing the Demoulas Family and Market Basket (nutrition); Bruce Robinson, VP of Fred C. Church (extraordinary volunteer); CTI ED Karen Frederick; Michael Durkin,…
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