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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ann Coulter must have been hit on the head by a soccer ball, and it was no planned header. Her recent column , a screed against the sport and America’s growing interest in it, seems unhinged. She asserts…
Read More »Just a reminder about the coming the Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grant proposal deadline – it’s Tuesday July 1, 2014. A letter from GLCF Executive Director Susan Winship spells out the details and shows the community the scope of what the Foundation supports. This year the Distribution Committee with Trustee approval will grant $94,500 to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Question for gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley: if you knew that the legitimacy of the casino repeal referendum would end up at the Supreme Judicial Court regardless of how you decided on its constitutionality and you’re supposedly fine with its being…
Read More »What promises to be an important community conversation gathered steam last evening when more than 50 people gathered at Jack and Terry O’Connor’s big white house at the peak of Mansur Street in Belvidere to share views and ideas about how best to tell people in, around, and outside of Lowell that the city has…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo NY Daily News I rarely agree with (Wisconsin GOP Congressman) Paul Ryan, but in this recent kerfuffle over “lost” IRS emails, he struck a responsive chord. Speaking to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen at a House…
Read More »This is a cross-post from Lowell Historical Society board member Eileen Loucraft’s site “Lowell Doughboys and More” as she reminds us of these important marker’s in Lowell history. Lowell native Sgt. Ryan Pitts of Nashua, NH was just selected as the latest recipient of the MEDAL OF HONOR. Lowell Doughboys and more… Many…
Read More »Congratulations to former Lowell Mayor and City Councilor Armand W. LeMay. This coming Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 11 am, the city of Lowell will formally dedicate the Armand W. LeMay Garden which is located on University Avenue, directly across the street from the Pawtucketville Social club (which is at…
Read More »As former Marty Meehan Legislative Director and current DC consultant Bill McCann noted on his Facebook page this morning ~ “You can criticize the President for many things, but this is as bad as talking during his back swing.” This was in reference to yet another media slam at President Obama’s “stress-relieving”…
Read More »At last night’s city council meeting, Bill Martin made a motion that the city recreation department consider adding pickleball to the other sports, activities and games offered to those participating in summer programs at the city’s parks. I had never heard of pickleball and wondered if it was in any…
Read More »Citation to Cobblestones on their 20th anniversary of opening in Lowell. Councilor Rourke motion that city join FEMA’s Community Rating System. This helps residents in flood plain get reduced rates on flood insurance. Several people speak in favor of it. Passes unanimously. Mayor Elliott motion re improving pedestrian crossing of…
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