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Joseph P. Donahue, Esq. May 20, 1925 – September 14, 2013
Photo by Tony Sampas. Obituary from O’Donnell Funeral Home.
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The House Party
In our democracy one of the revered institutions is the New England town meeting, the equivalent of a political common where voters gather to make decisions together under the one person-one vote rule. In the state houses, city and town halls, and our national congress representatives who are elected by…
Read More »2011 detailed results: Jim Milinazzo
This is the ninth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is twelfth place finisher Jim Milinazzo. The information presented below is organized…
Read More »Lowell’s Got Moxie! Check Out ‘Entrepreneurship in Lowell’: 9/25, 6 pm
Stirred up in Lowell in 1876, Moxie was the first mass-manufactured soft drink in the U.S. The Lowell Heritage Partnership will present an expert panel discussion about the City of Lowell’s innovative past, present and future on Wed., Sept. 25 at 6 pm at the Merrimack Valley Sandbox in Wannalancit Mills. Speakers…
Read More »‘Rooftops from Wilder Street Bridge’ by Richard Marion
“Rooftops from Wilder Street Bridge” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net The original image is a printed lino-cut of a view looking northeast toward the gas storage tanks that once stood off School Street and farther to the top of City Hall.
Read More »2011 detailed results: John Leahy
This is the eighth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is eleventh place finisher John Leahy, who joined the council when third…
Read More »Kennedy Wedding Post-script – Paper Replica of the Wedding Gown on Display at Kennedy Library
To remember the 50th wedding anniversary of the Kennedy wedding, a paper replica of her now iconic wedding dress was created by Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave, who painted and prepared the paper to mimic the texture and ivory color of the silk taffeta dress. It was displayed in Chicago…
Read More »60 Years Ago ~ Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Marry in Keely-designed Church
Sixty years ago ~ on this day September 12, 1953, Congresssman John Fitzgerald Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at a ceremony held in St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. We visited St. Mary’s Church last year, walked through the garden and the church interior. It’s a beautiful, traditional Catholic Church. For that Lowell…
Read More »2011 detailed results: Joe Mendonca
This is the seventh in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is ninth place finisher Joe Mendonca. The information presented below is organized…
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Mass Moments reminds us that… …in 2001, American Airlines pilot John Ogonowski made the familiar drive from his farm in Dracut to Logan airport. He was sorry he would miss a special event scheduled for later that day. Federal officials were coming to inspect the work of Cambodian immigrant…
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