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George Harrison Bio-Film by Scorsese: First Trailer
Here’s the first trailer promoting the new documentary film about George Harrison by Martin Scorcese, due for broadcast on HBO in early October.
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Lowell-Linked Good News Story Goes National
In the Weddings/Celebrations section of the Sunday NYTimes yesterday, Boston-based NYT writer Kate Zezima reported on the recent wedding in Watertown of Chanda Ouk and Matthew Wolf. Web photo by Jody Hilton courtesy of NYTimes
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August 22, 2011
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PaulM
Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2012
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In his new column, opinion writer E. J. Dionne, native of Southeastern Mass., urges President Obama to roll out a BIG Plan for jobs and real economic recovery that reaches everyone up and down the socio-economic ladder. Read his column here, which I picked up from the Washington Post, a…
Read More »Dickens Bicentenary in 2012
On Facebook, I received a notice about the people at Penguin Books saying they are re-reading all of Charles Dickens’ books in anticipation of the 200th anniversary of his birth next year. 2012 also marks an anniversary of Dickens’ visit to Lowell, which he wrote about in “American Notes.” UMass Lowell,…
Read More »Regime change in Libya
Both the BBC and Al Jazeera are reporting that Muammar Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya since 1969, is still at large and that his forces still control at least 20% of Tripoli, the nation’s capital. Still, it seems that the end of Gaddafi’s rule is near which is indeed a…
Read More »Catholic Hospitals ~ Nuns No Longer in Charge
In light of our recent post on the Archdiocese of Boston’s appointment of a healthcare ethicist as well as the take over of so many “Catholic” hospitals and the forced retrenchment in staff and programs as is happening at places like Catholic Memorial Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire, I found…
Read More »Farewell, Nick A. Mastas, 100 Years Old
There’s an extraordinary obituary in the SUN today, a capsule history of 100 years in the life of Nick Mastas of Lowell. Read the obit here, and get the SUN if you want more. He was born in the back of a buggy, fought as a Ranger in WWII, and worked…
Read More »‘Floatplanes on the Merrimack’ by Richard Marion
“Floatplanes on the Merrimack” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »‘Regatta Cut-Up’
“Regatta Cut-Up” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 For more, www.richardmarion.net
Read More »‘Theeeeey’rrrrrre heeeeeerrrrre!’
Here’s the latest POTUS vacation dispatch from the Vineyard by our faithful, far-flung correspondent, Ray LaPorte. Air Force One flew over Vineyard Haven harbor last evening on a glide path to Otis Air Base. Its shimmering light-blue hull and contrails in the fading sun at 10,000 feet signaled that within…
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