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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There’s always that Lowell connection! George Price – current Superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park was formerly a Deputy Superintendent in Lowell. Today MassMoments reminds us that it was on this day fifty years ago – August 7, 1961 that President John F. Kennedy signed the bill authorizing the…
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A row of “Wheel of Fortune” slot machines in a casino in Las Vegas. This specific slot machine is themed to the TV game show Wheel of Fortune. With the Legislature allowing the licensing of three casinos and one Slots/casino for Massachusetts, you might want to learn more about…
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Mayor Patrick Murphy shared the following statement: The other week my family took a trip out to Carlisle where Hale’s Brook begins in a quiet cranberry bog. We followed the brook from there through Great Brook State Park, and later Mill Pond, and continued on until we reached its start…
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Why am I writing about Kentucky? Because they have a bunch of representatives and two senators in Washington, D.C., whose votes affect us in Massachusetts. We are all in this together. I found today’s news from Kentucky fascinating. The Democrat challenging Sen. Mitch McConnell for one of the state’s two…
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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. What will happen if we increase taxes? Should my students study harder? How hard should we work to make sure everyone has…
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Reverend Seamus Finn, OMI We’ve profiled and highlighted the work of Lowell-connected Oblate – Seamus Finn, OMI in past blog posts like this one: https://www.richardhowe.com/2013/01/02/fr-seamus-finn-omi-new-years-resolutions-and-corporate-social-responsibility/. Today we note a Letter-to-the Editor at the Lowell Sun where Father Finn has taken issue with the Sun editorial criticism of Elizabeth Warren’s “obsession with Wall…
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The signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson of the Medicare Act on July 30, 1965 is worthy of this re-posted clip from the archive: Medicare Signed into Law ~ July 30, 1965 by Marie President Lyndon Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess…
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MassMoments reminds us that on this day – July 23, 1846 – Henry David Thoreau after walking from his Walden Pond cabin to do an errand – found himself in the Concord town jail for refusing to pay his back taxes. His was just an over-night stay – as…
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“(We hope) that our transportation crisis will be solved by a bigger plane or a wider road, mental illness with a pill, poverty with a law, slums with a bulldozer, urban conflict with a gas, racism with a goodwill gesture.” – Philip E. Slater “Wisdom demands a new orientation of…
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