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Those Lowell Connections…
“A plea to go to Lowell” – from exhibit on mills in 19th century America in the Smithsonian American History Museum… taken by a family member on a recent trip to D.C. (Thanks MK.)
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Leslie Nielsen, ‘The Swamp Fox,’ Passes Away
Versatile actor Leslie Nielsen has died. Although he is better known for his comic roles in “Naked Gun” and “Airplane,” I’ll always remember him first for playing General Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox” of the Revolutionary War, in the eight-part Disney TV series that ran from 1959 to 1961. Disney had bet…
Read More »GL Community Foundation Set to ‘Celebrate Giving!’
November 29, 2010
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PaulM
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Next Monday, Dec. 6, at 5.30 pm, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation will announce its 2010 grant recipients, volunteer award recipients, and other awards at an event featuring keynnote speaker Paul S. Grogan, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation. The evening begins with a reception in the Hall of…
Read More »City of Lights Parade Today @ 4.30 pm
From the City of Lowell website, here’s the schedule for today’s City of Lights celebration, staring at 2 pm with trolley rides and up thru parade kick-off at 4.30 pm at Jackson and Central streets.
Read More »I’m ready to do this . . .
After watching our quarterback in Detroit on TV yesterday, I have to say I’ve never seen Tom Brady play better than he did on a couple of those second half drives. I’m ready to put him on the Boston sports Mt Rushmore with Carl Yastrzemski, Bill Russell, and Bobby Orr.
Read More »Robert Reich Looks at the Palin Play
November 26, 2010
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PaulM
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Economist, teacher, and blogger Robert Reich analyzes the political strategy of Sarah Palin in his latest opinion piece. Between the lines, Reich is telling the Democratic Party leaders and members to do more about the economic suffering in the country. Read it here, as aggregated by huffingtonpost.com
Read More »Iconic Images of Thanksgiving Day
Detail from “The First Thanksgiving” (1914), by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936), oil on canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts “Home to Thanksgiving” Currier & Ives lithograph, 1867 – This image was illustrated by George H. Durrie “Freedom From Want” – Norman Rockwell – Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1943
Read More »President Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation and Pardon, 1963
President John F. Kennedy pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey – November 18, 1963 Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library …Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers – for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of…
Read More »President Obama’s Photographer Profiled on PBS
November 24, 2010
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PaulM
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I just watched a wonderful documentary on PBS about the offical photographer of President Obama, Pete Souza, whose work was captured by a National Geographic Society team for about a year, culminating in the passage of the health care reform bill last spring. The program offers a look inside the…
Read More »‘The Fighter’ to Premiere in Lowell
Regular reader and contributor Patty Coffey sent this from the Sun’s breaking news site. Get the Sun if you value the reporting: http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_16702259 LOWELL — Roll out the red carpet. After weeks of negotiations, Lowell has landed a premiere showing of the highly anticipated Micky Ward biopic The Fighter on…
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