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Interesting Tweet from the U.S. House of Representatives document collection – of course there’s a Lowell connection. I guess that Member of Congress and former Civil War General – never a favorite with cartoonist and illustrators – didn’t need a box – he seems to be wearing skates! U.S. House HistoryVerified account@USHouseHistory Jan 21…
Read More »To remind us that fifty-three years ago today – John Fitzgerald Kennedy – a son of Massachusetts became the 35th President of the United States ~ a repost from the archive posted last year: History, Politics January 20, 1961 ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2013 Marie 1 Comment Edit…
Read More »Who will be the next city manager of Lowell was the big issue this week as it will continue to be for weeks to come. At least four names are swirling about: Kevin Murphy, Eileen Donoghue, Tom Golden and George Ramirez. Because we’re at the “maneuvering behind the scenes” stage…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya, on 9/11/12, and they didn’t have to be. Yesterday’s Senate Intelligence Committee Report makes it pretty clear: the tragedy at Benghazi could have been avoided. For months, Ambassador Chris Stevens had been requesting additional…
Read More »An excerpt from Cotton Was King in a chapter written by historian Mary H. Blewett, longtime professor at now-UMass Lowell: ” . . . The movement for the adoption of Plan E [city manager-council government] was headed by Harvard-educated Yankee lawyer Woodbury F. Howard. City government under Plan E would…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s on blog. If Chris Christie runs for president, do we agree that “I’ll get the country moving again” won’t be his campaign slogan? But such a campaign, if it ever happens, is a political lifetime away. A more immediate concern…
Read More »The week began with the inaugural ceremonies for the city council and the school committee. Rodney Elliott was elected mayor unanimously. Tuesday brought the new council’s first regular meeting although much of the agenda was set back in December when three consecutive meetings were missed due to a snowstorm, Christmas…
Read More »In his recent inaugural speech Boston’s new mayor Marty Walsh referred to John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” quote but expanding it to encompass Bunker Hill, Mission Hill and all the hills of Boston. Over 50 years ago John F. Kennedy used the same image in a speech of farewell and…
Read More »Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting this coming SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD )Regular Breakfast meetings resume for 2014 on Saturday January 11, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in the PARKHURST ROOM at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. (The Parkhurst Room is nearby the Grill – we are moving to allow 62 young…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. New is good. New is exciting. New is full of promise. That seemed the mood at Boston College today when Martin Joseph Walsh was sworn in as the 54th mayor of Boston, the first new Boston mayor inaugurated in…
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