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From the Massachusetts Cultural Council: “Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill into law yesterday that allows communities to create state-sponsored cultural districts to stimulate new arts and cultural activity and attract creative businesses. The law directs the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) to create a new program that designates local districts…
Read More »It’s not often that I recommend articles (or anything else) from the local newspaper, but Rita Savard has an excellent and timely piece today about the adverse impact of credit scores on the home mortgage market. For months lawyers and others in real estate have told me of potential home…
Read More »Huge show last night with Indigo Girls. Can you say “the” Indigo Girls? I have a memory that they say “Indigo Girls,” not “the” for some reason. Can anyone clarify? Indigo dye was used to dye cloth blue in the Lowell mills. Anyway… huge show last night. The blankets and…
Read More »Prof. Bill Berkowitz of the UMass Lowell master’s program in Community Social Psychology is affiliated with the online Community Tool Box based at the University of Kansas. He sent this message to colleagues on campus and in the city: And now that some of the dust from the Innovative Cities conference…
Read More »Read a review of the new documentary film “Enemies of the People” about the genocide in Cambodia perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979. Thet Sambath, left, and Nuon Chea in “Enemies of the People.”
Read More »From Deb Forgione of the PCC: “The Pawtucketville Citizens Council is joining ” National Night Out” on August 3, 6-9 pm, at Father McGuire Park. On site will be a Lowell Police k-9 demonstration, and for or the kids ( adults, too), demonstrations and viewing of a Lowell Police Dept.…
Read More »Our blogging colleagues at leftinlowell.com have this link up also, but the Globe story is important enough for broad coverage. Economic analysts at UMass are reporting that the Massachusetts economy is growing at a healthy pace, more than twice as fast as the national economy. This is data from MassBenchmarks,…
Read More »Somehow in my household I get the walk-the-dog-duty about 90 percent of the time. Half of that is the by-product of being an early riser; the other half is being a slow evader at suppertime. It’s been so hot this summer that the grass crisped up early on the South…
Read More »From today’s Wall Street Journal’s “On Wine” column, there’s a snapshot of toney Long Island leisure-time with a cameo appearance by Sir Paul McCartney and his woman friend, Nancy Shevell, at one of the preferred eating spots. A little window onto how the other half lives, I suppose. But Lowell…
Read More »Rob Gavin from the Globe’s business pages writes today that the Federal Reserve’s recent regional economy report states that the New England economy is growing, but the pace is slow. Read his article here, and consider subscribing to the Globe if you appreciate the writing. The Sun recently reported that…
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