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Photo by Tony Sampas.
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View from the Boott Mill
Views from within the Boott Mill. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »UTEC Grand Opening
This afternoon was the Grand Opening of the new UTEC facility on Hurd Street. The facility is an architectural marvel, both inside and out, joining the historic St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (1839) with a brand new 7500 square foot, three story addition. The first floor of the addition features…
Read More »Trash pick-up on normal schedule
Sorry to be a bit late with this reminder, but trash pick-up in the city of Lowell this week will be on the normal schedule and not delayed one day despite Monday being the observance of Veterans Day. So put your trash out on the normal schedule if you haven’t…
Read More »Switching to unenrolled
Taking advantage of the adhesive-weakening sunlight this weekend, I switched my car’s party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Removing bumper stickers is also easier when the candidates won.
Read More »Peter Stamas Tribute, Nov. 15, 7 pm, Whistler House
Join us for a celebration of the life and contributions of one of the great humanitarians of modern Lowell: Peter Stamas. Thursday, Nov 15, 7 pm, Parker Gallery, Whistler House Museum of Art, Worthen St, Lowell. The illustration below is by Janet Lambert-Moore, created as a tribute for Peter’s retirement.
Read More »Remembering Our Veterans ~ Our Family
Veterans Day is a time for remembering. In our families there are so many men and women who served the country – in wartime, in the eras of war and in peacetime. In our own extended family the service ranges from the Civil War, the Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Viet…
Read More »Lowell Catholic Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
Last evening, Lowell Catholic High School held its third Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. The eight new members of the Hall of Fame are pictured above. Seated from left, John J. Miller – Keith Academy ’51; Richard P. Howe Sr. – Keith Academy ’51; Katelyn Gys – Lowell Catholic,…
Read More »Frank Rich Lives
November 10, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2012
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Frank Rich, illustration by Gary Bedard (web image courtesy of garybedard.blogspot.com) Read this New York magazine analysis of the election and national political culture by Frank Rich, former columnist at the NYTimes. His acute observations are refreshing compared to the misleading neutrality of so many mainstream media types. To give my Facebook friends…
Read More »US Senate race results compared
In yesterday’s election, Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren overwhelmingly defeated Republican incumbent Scott Brown by an eight percentage point margin. Statewide, Warren received 1,678,176 (54%) votes to Brown’s 1,449,039 (46%). Warren won Lowell by 5723 votes receiving 19,678 to 13,905. To put this in historical perspective, I compared those statistics to…
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