NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman today writes that “structural unemployment” is a fiction accepted by certain experts as a way to explain why so many people are jobless and repeated by many others who prefer to believe that explanation rather than do something difficult to try to fix the problem. Read Krugman here, and consider getting…
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The final tours of historic Lowell Cemetery for this season will be held this coming weekend. The first is on Friday, October 1 at 1 pm. The second is Saturday, October 2 at 10 am. Both tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance which is right next to Shedd Park.…
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This little companion has awakened from a deep and restful sleep, and is eager to keep a watchful eye out for you. (Note accompanying Sherwood (shown above) purchased today at Hungate Sculpture and Design at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell). I gave up on the Patriots during their fourth preseason…
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Tom Byrne is a regular in studio member of the Saturday morning Warren Shaw Show on 980WCAP. This week, Byrne spoke about his involvement in an ongoing Federal investigation that was reported in the Lowell Sun earlier this week. Here are some of the things that Byrne and Warren Shaw…
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1. Middlesex Community College Friday night drew a large crowd to Lowell Memorial Auditorium for the celebration of 40 years of MCC and 20 years of President Carole Cowan’s leadership there. Congratulations to everyone who helped produce a dynamic event, which had the feeling of a special party more than…
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Jennifer Myers of the SUN yesterday wrote about the statewide group called Preservation Massachusetts sounding the alarm about proposed changes to the Pawtucket Falls Dam on the Merrimack River. Read her article here, and consider buying the SUN if you appreciate the reporting.
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As long as foreclosures in the region increase, the value of real estate will continue to slide downward. And the number of foreclosures is up. A front-page story in today’s Lowell Sun reports on the trend both in Lowell and statewide. Other reports on foreclosures and overall real estate trends…
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Don’t miss Rachel Briere’s article in the Lowell Sun Today – “Never missing a beat.” She sets the stage for the greatly revamped upcoming “Lowell Celebrates Kerouac” aka Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in these opening paragraphs: The dawning of October in New England ushers in a number of unique elements setting the…
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How many films have been made about a poem? Here’s one. Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” isn’t for everyone’s taste, but it did its part to shake up a lot of people’s thinking and sent a shock wave through the literary world. It’s been described as the second most influential long poem of…
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Our blogging colleague at Choosing a Soundtrack has a Friday, Sept. 24, post worth about four minutes of your time. He wrote about Hank Williams’ song “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and brilliantly inserted an audio recording by a couple of his musician friends that is so easy to access that I…
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