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Here’s a Spring-loaded poem from our far-flung correspondent at the Poetry Desk on the coast of northeast Maine, the faithful Tom Sexton. Our man Down East is counting on mud season to soften the base paths before the Red Sox open at Fenway.—PM . Goldfinches at a Feeder A…
Read More »Congratulations to State Senator Eileen Donoghue and City Manager Kevin Murphy for successfully transitioning the 30-something year old Lowell St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast to an evening dinner. The UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center was packed with all the usual Lowell and Greater Lowell political suspects. The high point for…
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For too long our daily outside temperature was locked in the teens and any precipitation was unquestionably snow. Yesterday’s rain seemed odd, unusual, almost difficult to comprehend. It and the warmer temperatures are signs of spring and the rapidly receding snow offers hope that soon we’ll be able to enjoy…
Read More »A slow week for real estate in Lowell. That shouldn’t be surprising: there weren’t a lot of purchase and sales agreements being signed during the blizzards in late January and throughout February. March 9, 2015 – Monday 107-109 Seventh Ave for $249,500. Prior sale in 1959 March 10, 2015 –…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo PBS Viewed in isolation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress last week was masterful. It projected superficial respect for President Obama (if you overlook his trashing the negotiation process to date and speaking to Congress…
Read More »Last night I was among the 2015 Anam Cara honorees – this award recognizes local “soul friends” who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Irish Culture and Heritage in the Greater-Lowell. After listening to the Acre Forum panelists – I felt so much a part of their experience…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Republicans may be in a snit about President Obama’s initiative on Cuba, but polls show that 55-60 percent of Americans favor his efforts to create a new beginning in our relationship. And that makes sense. But normalization…
Read More »Congratulations to the Lowell Irish Cultural Committee for an outstanding Acre Forum last evening at the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC). The forum featured a panel discussion from representatives of the many groups that have called the Acre home since the 1820s. The panelists were Garrett Sheehan representing the Irish…
Read More »Happy B-day to the old man writer of Centralville who was old at six years and never got younger because he could see over the edge of the horizon and got a glimpse of the void, making it more or less indefensible to get a job in a factory when…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. As I process my brief experience in Cuba, I am left with many questions, especially about the Cuban health care system and the status of religion. Mostly, I can convey what we were told by guides and academics. I pass…
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