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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Dear Jacob, This is your first Presidential election, and I know you understand the importance of your vote – especially since you’re casting your ballot from college in Ohio rather than in Massachusetts. You, as did so many…
Read More »Last Thursday night I was a part of a panel that discussed the pros and cons of Lowell’s method of electing city councilors and school committee members. The panel was organized and videotaped by Lowell Telecommunications Corp (LTC) and is now available for viewing on LTC’s YouTube channel. Here’s how…
Read More »Election News The presidential election is just 37 days away, but here in Lowell, we’ll be able to cast our votes in just three weeks, as Early Voting debuts in Massachusetts. Prior to the enactment of this early voting law by the state legislature, you could only vote ahead of…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. This is the seventh in a series of columns he has written on economics and the presidential election. Links to his earlier posts may be found at the end of this column. Trump’s success with voters tells an important story about…
Read More »I’ve started publishing the weekly sales report of Lowell real estate on the Lowell Deeds blog: Sales for this past week are here Sales for the week of September 19 are here
Read More »The 2nd Annual Dr. Hugh, Ruth & John Mahoney Tribute/Event; Voices Against Violence, will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the Tewksbury Country Club; dinner is form 6 – 7:15 p.m. The Keynote speaker will be Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. Following the Keynote address will be…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Call it the big Whew! After weeks of shrinking polls numbers for Hillary Clinton and small but steady gains in momentum for Donald Trump, voters were finally able to see them one on one. What they saw…
Read More »Writing about Monday’s presidential debate, Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker nails the whole “Birther” thing in one paragraph in a way that sent a shiver up my spine. He puts the whole thing together with Trump’s down-deep character and temperament. You can read the entire magazine piece here.–PM Yet…
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