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From today’s op-ed page of the Boston Globe: Carlos Rotella who recently ran the Bay State Marathon held in Lowell and environs, tells us of his experience running the race but also his experience with the roadside fans! This year, the race organizers printed each runner’s first name just above…
Read More »University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries awarded grant from ALA and NEH to host Civil War reading and discussion series LOWELL, MA – University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries received a $3,000 grant from the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host “Let’s Talk About…
Read More »When I flipped to the obituary page of today’s Globe and found myself staring into the eyes of the World War Two airman shown above, I just had to read the story. Imagine my surprise when I learned the deceased, L. Rodger Currie, was a “longtime dentist in Chelmsford” who…
Read More »A swimmer from Harvard trains at Walden Pond in Concord for Olympic competition. Read Karen Crouse’s long profile of Alex Meyer in the NYTimes, and get the paper if you want more.
Read More »Lowell received its charter as a town in 1826 and for the next few decades, the explosive growth of the textile mills, the canals, and the population made that era the focal point of most of our current historical musings. But English settlers had arrived in this region nearly two…
Read More »In today’s Boston Globe, senior writer Frank Phillips offers another scenario for redistricting the current ten congressional districts down to nine. While recent chatter had Stephen Lynch (Ninth District) and newbie Bill Keating (Tenth District) going head to head, the latest speculation has western Massachusetts veteran Congressman John Olver’s far-reaching…
Read More »Lawrence Area of Redistricting Map The Eagle-Tribune is reporting that the proposed redistricting of Merrimack Valley House of Representative districts would – among other things – pit two GOP incumbent freshman representatives against each other. Two Republicans from Andover would be the combatants. Two precincts in the North Tewksbury area…
Read More »Early Saturday afternoon my wife and I drove through downtown and lower Centralville towards East Dracut and our destination: Brox Farm on Rte. 113, which has one of the region’s best farm stands. I don’t go to Brox’s as often as I used to, so it was like old times…
Read More »Area Democrats, community activists, government officials and special guests will gather at Lenzi’s, 410 Merrimack Avenue in Dracut on October 23, 2011 at 10am for the Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) ANNUAL FALL BRUNCH. That morning, two distinguished Democrats will be honored for their dedication, service and commitment. These honorees are…
Read More »“Occupy Wall Street” has changed from an advertised brand of public-action therapy in Manhattan to a generic social drug called “Occupy.” The new drug is being prescribed and administered in cities far and wide, in this country and now abroad, by self-licensed community healers who have decided that current public policy remedies are damaging their nations’…
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