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Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) Chair Marie Sweeney announced today that former Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone will be honored as the 2013 Distinguished Democrat at the Annual Fall Brunch on Sunday October 27, 2013. Former Middlesex DA Gerry Leone First elected as the Middlesex DA in 2006…
Read More »The hot topic nationally and locally is the issue of sequestration – its reach and fall-out. Many pundits and editorial writers have weighed-in on its perceived realities and the politics swirling around the issue. The Executive Director of Community Teamwork – Karen Frederick and CTI’s Director of Planning – Cheryl…
Read More »I asked Stacie Hargis to share her remarks from last Thursday’s kickoff of her campaign for Lowell City Council. Here’s what she had to say: Growing up, my father’s job required us to move every three to four years. This meant I lived in many cities and towns around the…
Read More »US Sen. Kelly Ayotte has to go. The focus is on her now that she voted against gun safety legislation. I say, Pour it on and get her out of there. Here’s her lame defense of a vote against a bill that would help ensure women are treated fairly in…
Read More »Lowell City Council candidate Stacie Hargis addressed a lively group of supporters this evening as she launched her first run in a Lowell city election at a fundraiser in historic downtown Lowell. The crowd was a mixture that any first time candidate would envy… activists both civic and political, young…
Read More »In yesterday’s U.S. Senate special election primary for the Democrats, Ed Markey defeated Steve Lynch, 309,487 to 229,594 (57% to 43%). On the Republican side, Gabriel Gomez was victorious, receiving 96,072 votes (51%) to Michael Sullivan’s 67,756 (36%) and Danny Winslow’s 24,547 (13%). The above image which shows the town-by-town…
Read More »Congressman Ed Markey visited his Lowell campaign headquarters yesterday to fire up local supporters for the final Get Out The Vote push up to and through Primary Election Day this Tuesday. The polls will be open from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm. Please be sure to vote.
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick recently named Marian Ryan to be the new Middlesex District Attorney. Ryan, a prosecutor for more than thirty years in the Middlesex DA’s office, will serve the balance of the four year term to which Gerry Leone was elected in 2010. Leone resigned last month to go…
Read More »Reminder for next GLAD Meeting Tomorrow! SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday April 20, 2013 at 8:00 AM SHARP! Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair For more information: sweeney133@verizon.net AGENDA: The regular…
Read More »Massachusetts has long had an important role in free, quality public education. Just as in colonial times, Massachusetts continues to set the standard for public education in the new United States. MassMoments remind us that on this day – April 14, 1642 – the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first…
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