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Since the election to choose the next governor of the Commonwealth is still 15 months away, not all of our readers might be following developments related to that race. There have been a few during the past 72 hours, so I thought it appropriate to document them here. Juliette Kayyem,…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. Some simple math can help illustrate policy issues that divide our world. Ratios are a handy device to explore relationships. If you…
Read More »Over 2500 voters gathered in three spaces in the high school tonight… Photo from the Tewksbury Patch website Tonight over 2500 registered voters in the Town of Tewksbury gathered in three locations in the town’s new high school – the gym, the cafeteria and the auditorium to deal with one…
Read More »This is the third in a series of posts that look at the voters of Lowell. The first broke down all registered voters by gender, party and age. The second analyzed the 9500 or so people who voted in the 2011 city election. Today’s post will look at those who…
Read More »The chair of the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, Matt Hanson, has launched a new effort to better inform residents of the town about what took place during meetings of the Board of Selectmen. After each such meeting, he plans to do a short video summary of what occurred during the…
Read More »This is the second of a series of posts that look at the voters of Lowell. The first broke down all registered voters by gender, party and age. This one will do the same for the 9500 or so people who voted in the 2011 city election. One caveat: I’m…
Read More »Whatever our religious leanings or lack thereof – we need to remember our history and not repeat those intolerant mistakes… From the achives: Mass Moments reminds us today that on August 12, 1834 the Catholic convent housing the Ursuline order of nuns in Charlestown, Massachusetts was sacked by a Protestant mob…
Read More »Two more bulletins from Martha’s Vineyard by our far-flung correspondent Ray LaPorte. So, the handy Wikipedia tells us that English seaman Bartholomew Gosnold ventured near the Atlantic coast in 1602 and named a smaller island near today’s M.V. for his young daughter who had died—and historians say the name migrated…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting today that officials in the Town of Andover – a definite stakeholder in the fall-out from the SLOTS casino planned for North Tewksbury – are frustrated at the lack of information on the proposal so they can assess the possible impacts on the community. Andover has…
Read More »One of our loyal readers and far-flung occasional correspondents, Ray LaPorte of Martha’s Vineyard, sent his reflections in anticipation of this summer’s Presidential visit to the island. Ray has been off shore for years, with his wife, Bernadette, following earlier life passages in Pawtucketville, Worcester, New York City, and Washington,…
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