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The Greater Lowell Area Democrats held their Annual Fall Brunch this morning at Lenzi’s in Dracut. Many Democratic candidates were in attendance. The main speaker was Congresswoman Niki Tsongas but the person who was given the most attention was Bruce Mann, the husband of Elizabeth Warren. Mann made a compelling…
Read More »UMASS LOWELL STUDENT POSTERS ARE GREAT!!! On Thursday, October 25 at 6:00PM – Room 222 O’Leary Library, UMass Lowell celebrates the Centennial of the Bread & Roses Strike. Check out the incredible poster work of UMass Lowell students, hear music, eat some soup, and listen to a talk by historian Ardis Cameron…
Read More »Recent days have seen a lot of U. S. Senate campaign activity in the Merrimack Valley with multiple visits by both Democratic nominee Elizabeth Warren and GOP incumbent Scott Brown. The race is tight but it appears to be trending Warren. Last week Warren spoke with a group of women small…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us today about the Millerites and the view that the end of the world was nigh. I’m struck by the comments attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Reverend Theodore Parker when asked about the coming end of days. The Millerites – nearly 100,000 of them – were so…
Read More »Reminder for next GLAD Meeting TOMORROW Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday October 20, 2012 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford The Regular Agenda discussions will include: Lowell GLAD members update; state committee meeting; Presidential race, US Senate and local Campaign updates; Brunch/Election…
Read More »Mike Lenzi, one of the Lowell representatives to the Greater Lowell Technical High School, has submitted his formal resignation from that school committee to be effective October 11, 2012. Lenzi, who had purchased a home in Dracut earlier this summer, was expected to resign at some point. Who will succeed…
Read More »This will be a great event for young leaders to attend—participants in Public Matters, Gr Lwl Young Professionals, Next Generation Giving Circle, Paul Sullivan Leadership Institute, Emerging Generation, Deshpande/MV Sandbox leadership program, the Foundation, and others. Peter Stamas’s life is a sterling example of community leadership. . Here is what…
Read More »John Silber, the former president of Boston University and the 1990 Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts died yesterday. The Globe has a big story about Silber’s passing and I’ll leave it to that newspaper to record the highlights of his life, but I thought readers might be interested in…
Read More »Here’s a press release I received concerning next Tuesday’s “Next Generation Giving Circle’s” Challenge Night. Please check it out – it’s a good cause that will benefit the region’s arts and culture nonprofits: The Next Generation Giving Circle (NGGC) presents its first ever “Challenge Night” event on October 2, an…
Read More »Fr. Ray Kehew, who was my dad’s roommate at Providence College from 1951 to 1955 and who taught philosophy at PC when I was a student there in the late 1970s, passed away this week in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. My mom and dad kept in touch with him through the…
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