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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.…
Read More »Earlier this week I noticed an obituary for Lillian Lamoureux. The name was immediately familiar from my Lowell history research. I don’t recall ever meeting Lillian, but my two co-bloggers, Marie Sweeney and Paul Marion, have mentioned her frequently in past conversations. Here’s what Marie posted on her Facebook page…
Read More »This is National Friends of Libraries Week. The Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library will be observing this occasion with two events: Thursday, October 24 at 6pm in the Community Meeting Room: Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library Meet & Greet. This is your chance to learn more about the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Massachusetts Governor was halfway through his second term. While things were going reasonably well, he was still dogged by dramatic shortcomings in the Department of Children and Families, fraud at the state drug lab, and incompetence with…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Despite 12 candidates shoe-horned on the stage, last night’s debate was important. Health care was a key issue in the 2018 mid-terms, a winning issue for the Democrats. Nothing has changed since then. But drilling down into the…
Read More »Many blog followers know Joe Orfant – a Lowell/Belvidere native who has on many occasions offered programs for the Lowell Historical Society. Joe’s Linked-In page notes: ” Experienced Environmental Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Urban Planning, Environmental Awareness, Construction, Conservation Issues,…
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