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John M. Guilfoil of the Boston Globe Staff write today that Cambridge City Manager – Robert Healy – is the highest paid municipal manager in the Commonwealth and he reports that Healy – quoted in a Walter Robinson /Cambridge Day article – says that he is worth every penny. Healy who has served as city…
Read More »Save the Date! Saturday March 12, 2011 The Friends of the Tewksbury Patriotic Activities Committee will hold its Annual “St. Patty’s” Day Breakfast and Roast to benefit TPAC’s year-round fun and free activities like the Memorial Day Parade and the 4th of July fireworks. Well-known area comedian, writer and personality Steve…
Read More »This is a repost of an earlier blog post! The window for holding the caucuses to elect delegates to the 2011 Democratic Convention on June 4th in Lowell opens this Saturday February 5th and closes on Saturday February 19th. Here is a list of the first group of local Greater Lowell/Merrimack…
Read More »From the “Vanity Fair” photo archives of thirteen classic images “Meet the Kennedys” showcased in October 2007 in a Web Exclusive. This image – Spring 1960: As they fly from one campaign stop to another, Jackie looks up from Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums to speak with her husband, who…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting today that the Andover Board of Selectmen has approved the alternative design for a new interchange off Interstate 93 into Lowell Junction. This allows plans for the project to move forward. There has long been a concern that federal officials would not give their needed approval since the alternate design…
Read More »The window for holding the caucuses to elect delegates to the 2011 Democratic Convention on June 4th in Lowell opens this Saturday February 5th and closes on Saturday February 19th. Here is a list of the first group of local Greater Lowell/Merrimack Valley area caucuses: Saturday February 5th: Andover – Saturday,…
Read More »As the Sesqucentennnial of the Civil War is remembered, History.com reminds us that on this day January 31, 1865, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment – abolishing slavery in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery…
Read More »Over on the POLITICO blog, David Catanese writes “from the Campaign Trail” about what he sees as the 10 most competitive Senate races for 2012. This will be a posting updated monthly. He ranks the Virginia race (for now) at #1 – coming in at #6 most competitive: 6. MASSACHUSETTS…
Read More »Former Lowell Sun reporter and prolific contributor to the Sunday Column (back in the day) -Kevin Landrigan – now covers the NH State House writing reports and a Sunday political column for the Telegraph with the same in-depth attention he gave back in his Sun-days. He is definitely in-gear to cover the the quadrennial …
Read More »In today’s Globe Robert Weisman profiles James Roosevelt, Jr. the would-be CEO of a proposed new non-profit healthcare insurer to be formed by the merger of Tufts Health Care and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Roosevelt with deep political roots – grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longtime general counsel of the…
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