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On Wed., Jan. 7, at 7 pm, I will be at the Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler Street, discussing my new book, Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Robert Hayes at 978-640-4490 or rhayes@mvlc.org Here’s…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If a clean slate is a time for optimism, then Day One of the New Year should be a time to anticipate the coming year with a sense of the glass more than half full. On the political scene,…
Read More »Here’s what I selected as the top political events of 2012 back on December 31st of that year: 1. Elizabeth Warren defeated Scott Brown for the United States Senate, 54% to 46%. Warren won Lowell by nearly 6,000 votes. Many of those who voted for Warren have not regularly participated…
Read More »Continuing my review of local political events from years past, here is what I posted back in 2011: Here is my own eclectic list of important things that happened in 2011. 1. The local political lineup changed considerably in 2011. Steve Panagiotakos, who was elected to the Lowell School Committee…
Read More »I always welcome the new year as a time for fresh starts whether it be personal goals like working out or eating better or communal objectives like increasing voter turnout or making the city more walkable. Celebrating the actual passage of one year to the next – midnight on New…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2009: It was a busy year in Lowell politics, so I won’t limit myself to just ten items. Here is my…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2008: The Lowell School Committee hired Dr. Chris Scott to follow Dr. Karla Brooks Baehr as Superintendent of Schools. The future…
Read More »As 2014 draws to a close, I will be posting some of my previous Year in Review blog posts (I already posted by 2014 year in review). Here is 2007: Marty Meehan resigns from Congress to become Chancellor of UMass Lowell. Niki Tsongas wins Democratic primary in Congressional special election,…
Read More »Over the weekend there was some discussion on Facebook about some mayoral history. Here’s a guide to those men and women who have served as the city’s mayor since 1966 with a synopsis of the mayoral election and a list of the councilors who served during that term: 1966 –…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’m not Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, or Joyce Kulhawik, and I don’t pretend to be. But this is a heavy season for movie going, with the industry trying to distribute its best in anticipation of the next round of…
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