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See “Carrying a Torch for ‘Ti Jean” by Paul Marion.
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Khmer News: Early Voting
ការបោះឆ្នោតមុន ថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោតទូទៅគឺនៅថ្ងៃអង្គារ៏ ទី ៨ ខែ វិច្ជិកា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៦ ប៉ុន្តែឆ្នាំនេះគេអាចបោះឆ្នោតមុនបាន ។ អ្នកអាចទៅសាលាក្រុងដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោតនៅថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ពុធ និងថ្ងៃ ព្រហស្បតិ ពីម៉ោង ៨ព្រឹកដល់ម៉ោង ៥ល្ងាច ថ្ងៃអង្គារ៏ ពីម៉ោង ៨ព្រឹក ដល់ម៉ោង ៨យប់ និងថ្ងៃសុក្រពីម៉ោង ៨ព្រឹក ដល់ម៉ោង ១២ថ្ងៃត្រង់ ។ អ្នកក៏អាចបោះឆ្នោតពេលយប់បាននៅតាមទីតាំងនៃការិយាល័យដូចខាងក្រោម : ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ទី ២៤ តុលា នៅ Temple Emanuel, 101 West Forest St ថ្ងៃអង្គារ៏ ទី ២៥ តុលា នៅ University Crossing, 220 Pawtucket St…
Read More »Lowell’s Big Plans by James Ostis
Lowell’s Big Plans By James Ostis Lowell was the most significant planned industrial city in the early United States. In the 1820s, a group of Boston investors set their sights on the water power potential of the Merrimack River and systematically created a new community based on maximizing the development…
Read More »Carrying a Torch for ‘Ti Jean’
Carrying a Torch for ‘Ti Jean’ We were talking about Bob Dylan getting the Nobel Prize for Literature last week and ole Jack Kerouac having received nothing in his life by way of awards and prizes, and so my friend and I went to the famous gravesite in Edson Cemetery…
Read More »Early Voting: A Good Start in Lowell
Early voting began for the first time in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today. I joined a line of people at Temple Emanuel on West Forrest Street late this afternoon to take advantage of this new opportunity. Here’s how it worked: Just inside the door was a table staffed by Eta…
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Lowell Week in Review: October 23, 2016
Early Voting Early voting for the November 8, 2016 presidential election starts tomorrow. This is the first year that early voting has been allowed in Massachusetts unless you fit the narrow requirements to vote by absentee ballot. The early voting period extends from tomorrow (October 24) to the Friday before…
Read More »Farewell, Tom Mofford, Teacher & Poet
Rick Sherburne, Julie Mofford, and Tom Mofford (photo courtesy of Rick Sherburne on Facebook) We lost a poet today, Tom Mofford, husband of our occasional contributor Julie Mofford, both of them long-time friends of mine. Tom passed away this morning, I learned from Julie’s message to our mutual friend Rick…
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