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Harvard economics scholar Edward Glaeser today looks at the environmental pros and cons of city life in a column in the Boston Globe. Read his column here, and get the Globe if you want more. Glaeser’s new book is called “Triumph of the City.” He’s on the list for an invitation…
Read More »Reporter Jill Harmacinski tells us in an Eagle-Tribune article today that the famous Lawton’s Famous Franfurters late of a shakey location along a canal in South Lawrence – will reopen soon in a new location. Many attempts were made to lure the iconic Lawton’s to locations outside of the City…
Read More »The meeting last week with the Tewksbury Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager and the state delegation is covered by Bill Gilman in the current edition of the Tewksbury Patch. State Senator Barry Finegold D-Andover and state Reps. Jim Miceli D-Wilmington and Paul Adams R-Andover each spoke before the board and answered questions. The exchange bewteen the…
Read More »From Director Judith Boccia, Office of School Partnerships, UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education, in the first issue of the OSP electronic newsletter: “November marked the completion of the first year of the U.S. Department of Education-funded Teaching American History (TAH) Project, titled “Imagination, Invention & Innovation: The Making of…
Read More »Here are a couple of interesting videos coming out of Chelmsford. This video was posted by Teamreadyrealestate. That’s Joe Ready and his brother of Ready Real Estate having a little fun after shoveling off a clients roof. The boys are the children of the well known Dennis and Donna Ready…
Read More »John M. Guilfoil of the Boston Globe Staff write today that Cambridge City Manager – Robert Healy – is the highest paid municipal manager in the Commonwealth and he reports that Healy – quoted in a Walter Robinson /Cambridge Day article – says that he is worth every penny. Healy who has served as city…
Read More »Today’s Globe carries the obituary of Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital. I never met Olsen and never worked at DEC, but the story reminded me of the glory days of the computer industry in Massachusetts in the 1980s with Digital and Wang serving as the global leaders in that…
Read More »The article below is from the Tewksbury Patch. Ryan Sullivan is the son of the late Paul Sullivan of WBZ Radio and the Lowell Sun Newspaper. Sullivan, has been an Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County for the past three years. He is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk…
Read More »Save the Date! Saturday March 12, 2011 The Friends of the Tewksbury Patriotic Activities Committee will hold its Annual “St. Patty’s” Day Breakfast and Roast to benefit TPAC’s year-round fun and free activities like the Memorial Day Parade and the 4th of July fireworks. Well-known area comedian, writer and personality Steve…
Read More »Today MassMoments reminds us that on February 7, 1978 snow was falling in Massachusetts at an inch a minute. This three day record-breaking Nor’easter – known as the Blizzard of ’78 paralyzed the Commonweath and the region. The recent snows and storms might have reminded us – as well – of our Blizzard…
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