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SNL…Presidential Debate 2
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.
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Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) To Meet Tomorrow October 20, 2012
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 »2008 Election Results
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 »Lowell Mayor To Tout Warren at Event for Seniors
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 »The Catholic Vice Presidential Debate ~ An Historic Event
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 »Greater Lowell Tech School Committee vacancy
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 »Fifty-Two Years ago ~ The Kennedy-Nixon Debate
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 –…
Read More »Brown v. Warren at UMass Lowell
October 1, 2012
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PaulM
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The debate tonight. Massive crowd. UMass Lowell looked fabulous. Five years of Chancellor Meehan came together in a national event. It was major league. Bigger than Division 1 hockey, as much as I like hockey. The building looked super in the red-hot media spotlight. Marketing videos on the jumbotron catalogued…
Read More »Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wedding ~ September 12, 1953
On this day September 12, 1953, Congresssman John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at a cemermony held in St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. From the Kenndey Library website: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wedding Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on the morning of September 12,…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats Meet Tomorrow – Saturday September 8, 2012
September 7, 2012
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Marie
Posted in Politics, Election 2012, Greater Lowell, Lowell
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After the summer break, Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) resume their schedule of breakfast meetings tomorrow! The regular agenda will include: plans for the Fall Brunch; impact of yesterday’s primary on the field of Democratic nominees; first-hand account(s) from the Democratic National Convention; campaign activities in the races for President, US Senate and Congressional…
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