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Signs of Lowell – from the past
Tony Sampas shares some photos of old signs in Lowell. Above is the Thorndike Factory Outlet building just across from the train station; below is the Fairburn Building.
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Globe Congressional Endorsements Summarize Case for Dems
October 24, 2010
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PaulM
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The Boston Globe not surprisingly endorsed all the Democrats running for re-election for the state’s Congressionals seats along with the one Democrat seeking an open seat. The editors’ reasoning is a good summary case for keeping the Democrats in the majority in Washington, DC. Read the endorsements here, and get…
Read More »Lowell-based “The Fighter” Deemed a Surprise Hit
In today’s USAWeekend distributed with local Sunday newspapers including the Lowell SUN, film critic Claudia Puig and her colleagues rate movies as “the best of the season.” Puig has an interesting take on her pick for “surprise hit” of the season. In choosing “The Fighter” she writes: The Fighter (12/10)…
Read More »‘Ask Not…’: The New Yorker on UK’s ‘Big Society’ Venture
October 23, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Politics
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I can’t link to the full text of this week’s article by Lauren Collins (“All Together Now!”) in the New Yorker about efforts to reshape the civic culture in the United Kingdom because it is restricted to subscribers. Following is a link to the summary version that is available online. Those interested in more can…
Read More »Newsweek Poll Shows Pres. Obama and Dems Gaining; Jonathan Alter Warns of Impact If GOP Wins Big
October 23, 2010
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PaulM
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The latest Newsweek poll shows the President’s approval rating has jumped up and that the Democrats while late to the starting line are showing some momentum. Read the results here. And Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter rings the alarm about a possible GOP takeover of Congress and the state houses. Read…
Read More »Famed Illustrator-Author David Macaulay @ UMass Lowell, 10/25
“Creating Books for Young Readers,” a talk by widely known children’s book illustrator and author David Macaulay. Monday, Oct. 25, 1 pm to 3 pm, in O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder Street, UMass Lowell South Campus. Visitor parking is available in the visitor lot on Wilder Street, but visitors…
Read More »New England Orchestra @ Eliot Church, Sunday, 10/24, 4 pm
Strings of Autumn . The New England Orchestra and Lowell Youth Orchestra with the Arezzo String Trio as special guests offer a colorful palette of music that evokes the transitory beauty and color-shifting wonder of the season plus a dose of haunting Halloween mood. Kay G. Roberts conducts. Sunday, October…
Read More »‘Bottled Milk’
I wrote this prose sketch in the early 1980s when I was living on Sixth Avenue in Pawtucketville and regularly going to Shaw’s Farm in Dracut to buy fresh milk, ice cream, and other items. Although my first home was on Orleans Street in Centralville, when I was very young…
Read More »Signs of Lowell – “It Kicks”
Haffner’s Gasoline, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Cold Morning & South Common Plantings
When I took my family’s Boston Terrier out this morning the wind was charging across the South Common and loosening leaves from the trees in big batches. This is the first morning of the fall that feels like winter. We’ve had some light frosts, but this morning the air has…
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