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MassMoments reminds us this morning that founder of the American Antiquarian Society and Revolutionary activist, writer, printer, publisher – Isaiah Thomas was born on January 19, 1749 in Boston, Massachusetts. …in 1749, the Patriot printer Isaiah Thomas was born. In 1770, Thomas established the Massachusetts Spy, the first newspaper…
Read More »State Senator Barry Finegold has just posted his upcoming District Office Hours: Next Monday – January 24, 2011: Dracut: Dracut Council on Aging, 951 Mammoth Road, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lawrence: Lawrence Senior Center, 155 Haverhill Street, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Andover: Andover Senior Center, 36 Bartlet Street,…
Read More »Bob Massie – Candidate for the US Senate in Massachusetts Democratic activists and political junkies of a certain age (like me) will have little trouble remembering Bob Massie – the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor in 1994 – others not-so-much! Seeing a notice that Bob Massie was the guest speaker at…
Read More »In today’s edition – the Boston Globe continues its series on the reviatlization of mid-sized cities in the Commonwealth. The focus of today’s article is “reclaiming the center – midsize cities rediscover the allure of downtowns, attracting millions to transform them into 24-hour neighborhoods of businesses and homes.” It’s no surprise…
Read More »Writing in the Wall Street Journal, columnist Peggy Noonan praises President Obama’s speech in Tucson.
Read More »The first regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats for the New Year will be held this Saturday January 15, 20011 at 8am at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. The regular agenda will include: discussion of the upcoming Democratic Convention caucuses (February 5th- 19th); the 5th District…
Read More »The Boston Globe and the Herald are both reporting that Robert Caret – president of Towson University in suburban Baltimore – has been chosen unanimously by the Board of Trustees as the new President of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. Caret has New England connections – he received degrees at…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, contributes the following column The state of Massachusetts bucked the national trend in the 2010 elections. While most states were trending “red,” Massachusetts preserved its’ “blue”…
Read More »Does Sarah Palin REALLY not know the difference between true “debate” and using language with images of weapons and violence to refer to people that disagree with her? Seriously, does she really NOT see the difference? Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo.
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day – January 12, 1912 -the so-called Bread and Roses Strike of workers in our sister city of Lawrence Massachusetts began. On January 12, 1912, workers in the American Woolen Company Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, opened their pay envelopes to find that their wages…
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