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Thanks to the Lowell National Historical Park’s Facebook post for reminding us a bit about the history of the Lowell Connector. This citation comes from bostonroads.com: The Lowell Connector was opened officially on October 24, 1962. However, the ramps to I-495 did not open until one year later, when the…
Read More »Recent days have seen a lot of U. S. Senate campaign activity in the Merrimack Valley with multiple visits by both Democratic nominee Elizabeth Warren and GOP incumbent Scott Brown. The race is tight but it appears to be trending Warren. Last week Warren spoke with a group of women small…
Read More »Today’s “Lunchtime Lecture” at UMass Lowell’s Inn & Conference Center featured a lively discussion about this year’s presidential race. The speakers were Mike Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic nominee for president; Dan Winslow, a Republican state representative from Norfolk who was also chief legal counsel for Governor…
Read More »Saturday Night Live is at its best when it does political satire…here is its take on last’s weeks town hall style presidential debate.
Read More »Reminder for next GLAD Meeting TOMORROW Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday October 20, 2012 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford The Regular Agenda discussions will include: Lowell GLAD members update; state committee meeting; Presidential race, US Senate and local Campaign updates; Brunch/Election…
Read More »With the election just three weeks away, I started thinking about the last presidential election and discovered that I had not added those results to our “elections” page. I’ll put them there now, but here they are in case you’re interested: 2008 Election Results In Massachusetts in 2008, the presidential…
Read More »For those seniors wanting to learn more about Elizabeth Warren and her support for programs important to seniors, join Mayor Patrick O. Murphy and City Councillor Nuon tomorrow – Thursday October 11 at 10am at the Elder Care Center. Lowell Mayor Patrick O. Murphy and City Councilor Vesna Nuon will speak at…
Read More »Below is an interesting invitation that first arrived last week. Today there is a new element – there will be a pre-debate conference call. I’m invited to join-in along with a key participant – Sister Simone Campbell of “Nuns on the Bus.” This outreach puts another layer on this upcoming Vice Presidential debate…
Read More »Mike Lenzi, one of the Lowell representatives to the Greater Lowell Technical High School, has submitted his formal resignation from that school committee to be effective October 11, 2012. Lenzi, who had purchased a home in Dracut earlier this summer, was expected to resign at some point. Who will succeed…
Read More »The photo above – U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon square off in their first televised debate Sept. 26, 1960, in Chicago before CBS moderator Howard K. Smith. (Chicago Tribune) – shows the stark and low tech image of the first Kennedy-Nixon debate –…
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