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A new ping today as someone referenced this post from the archive has prompted me to re-post this commentary on “candles in the window at Christmas time” ~ an Irish tradition as well as a few memories. BTW ~ I was amused to be noted as a “Bostonian with an…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. John Winthrop Sears would have been 84 years old last Thursday. He died November 4th. As far as I can tell, he was the last of a breed. Family and friends gathered the evening of his birthday at…
Read More »A note from Henri Marchand: Like its subject, this essay has been around, appearing first as a Sunrise radio essay on WUML-FM at UMass Lowell, re-wrapped as a “Guest Column” piece in the Sun, and showing up on this blog for the first time in 2009—and then returning here annually as…
Read More »There have been times during the past year when I’ve expressed concern that the current Lowell City Council has been too reactionary and has been lacking in strategic vision. Over the past two months, however, there have been some motions that could go a long way to remedying that problem. …
Read More »December 15, 2014 – Monday 60 Billerica St Unit C for $190,000. Prior sale in 2004 for $190,000 170 Holyrood Ave for $400,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $475,000 71 Ecklund Dr for $264,900. New construction December 16, 2014 – Tuesday 19 Commonwealth AVe for $250,000. Prior sale in 1974…
Read More »One of our past contributors has a seasonal essay to share with our readers. Jack McDonough has been a writer and editor at UMass Lowell in the University Relations Office for 20 years. He wrote this piece for broadcast as one of the daily essays on the Sunrise radio program…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Hmm, the country has an authoritarian regime, a Communist credo, a record of human rights violations, no open elections or free press, and we’re liberalizing relations with it? How can we do that? Well, it worked with China,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Yesterday, the city of Rome included itself among the potential hosts for the 2024 summer Olympics. Now, where would you rather be that August – Boston or Rome? Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said, “it’s unacceptable not to try.” Boston’s self-appointed elite apparently feel…
Read More »Carole Cowan Retiring President of Middlesex Community College Carole Cowan is honored by the City Council and by State Senator Eileen Donoghue (on behalf of herself and Representatives Golden and Nangle). Public Hearing: To adopt the minimum residential factor No speakers for or against. CFO Connor Baldwin gives council presentation…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues The only thing worse than a bad idea is a good idea ruined by an inflated sense of how good an idea it is. Winston Churchill said democracy is the worst form…
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