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A Message from the folks at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, the organization that has been producing literary activities in Lowell since the late 1980s. To Our Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Friends: You are invited to a program that accompanies an Exhibit of some of the posters from many of the Lowell Celebrates…
Read More »Ambassador Yovanovitch with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (yellow coat) and the late John McCain with Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine, undated. (FB photo courtesy of Sen. Klobuchar, 11/15/19) What’s happening in Washington DC every day affects each community in the U.S. This action in the nation’s capital is local news even…
Read More »Here’s a communication received from the Vesna Nuon Committee: Major change is coming to Lowell, and I would like to lead us through this change as the city’s next mayor. In the next two years, Lowell will see the adoption of a new form of government, the beginning of the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Donald Trump would like the world to think that the Democrats are so committed to impeaching him that the important work of the country is not being touched. But there are elected officials, including officials in high…
Read More »This message if from Felice Kincannon (felicek@turi.org) on behalf of the organizing committee. Dear All, Please try to carve out some time to attend the First American Learning Cities Networking Conference next week, Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15. Apologies for the fact that this invitation is late.…
Read More »UPDATE: This post reflects City Hall number which differ substantially from those shown above which were previously posted here. City Council Rita Mercier – 5191 Vesna Nuon – 4821 John Drinkwater – 4788 Rodney Elliott – 4738 Sokhary Chau – 4321 John Leahy – 4182 Dave Conway – 3738 Bill…
Read More »Politics being one of the main themes on this blog, I think it is helpful now and then to cut through the jargon and remind ourselves of what some key terms mean and where they come from in history. For example, Left, Right, Left Wing, Right Wing are terms that…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts voters who care about climate change will want to return Ed Markey to the U.S. Senate. He has worked on the issue for decades, well before many of the rest of us were taking seriously the impact…
Read More »The following is a statement from the undersigned Veterans of the U.S. military on the President’s recent decision to withdraw U.S. armed forces from Syria: Pres. Trump’s Recklessness Near the end of The Great Gatsby, the book’s narrator, Nick Carraway, notes about the Buchanans, whose heedless actions have led to…
Read More »Talking to Kids about Drugs By David Daniel David Daniel draws on his career as a school teacher for this fictionalized conversation with students. “Mr. Dunn—back in the day—did you do drugs a lot?” Leo Dunn loves high school students. Loves their curiosity, their smarts, the way their minds work.…
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