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This morning I attended the Inaugural Lowell House, Inc. “Celebrating Recovery” Breakfast at the UML/Inn & Conference Center. The nearly 400 attendees heard Lowell House CEO Bill Garr and from both Governor Charlie Baker and Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Monica Bharel. Garr made it clear that the Lowell…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) back from a summer break, anticipating the Mass Dems convention next week and eager to talk politics – will meet this coming Saturday morning September 12, 2015 at 8:00am/SHARP in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Please note this is earlier in…
Read More »Here we go again. Labor Day is near, and the four-year presidential election cycle will shift into high gear. For months, we had media reports of candidates tromping through the hills and valleys of our neighbor state New Hampshire. I’ve written about this before, but I have to repeat that…
Read More »Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts died on this day – August 25, 2009. Known as the “Lion of the Senate,” Democrat Ted Kennedy was a staunch liberal who was elected to Congress nine times, spearheading many legislative reforms. From the U. S. Senate History: “Elected at age 30…
Read More »We’re well into the contest for a new president, who will be selected in about 15 months. With a two-term president wrapping up his term and his vice-president apparently not going to run, the scene is pretty much a free-for-all, which we don’t often see. There’s no presumptive nominee among…
Read More »Religious intolerance is often fanned by fear and falsehood. We need to know the history, learn from the mistakes… from our archive… Convent Sacked and Burned in Charlestown, Massachusetts ~ August 12, 1834 August 12, 2013 by Marie Posted in History, Politics Leave a Comment Whatever our religious leanings or lack…
Read More »Today we remember that 54 years ago President John F. Kennedy signed into law the bill creating and authorizing the Cape Cod National Seashore. Cape Cod was a special place for President Kennedy and his family. We also note that Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price was a former…
Read More »American author, poet, civic activist Henry David Thoreau was a man of action when it came to his beliefs and conscience. Learn about his act of “civil disobedience” here in a post from the archive…. July 23, 1846 ~ Thoreau Jailed! Walked in from the Woods… July 23, 2013 by Marie Posted in Greater…
Read More »photo Washington Post The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When John F. Kennedy was asked how he became a hero in World War II, he said, “It was involuntary. They sank my boat.” But it wasn’t the Japanese sinking of PT 109 that made JFK a…
Read More »Again there is activity along River Road in Andover! What will happen to the massive St. Francis Seminary on River Road? Many have fond memories of the Christmas light display created by the seminarians. Just down the street from my home on Fiske Street, the building and property has been…
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