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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Smart People, Lydia Diamond’s new play at the Huntington Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, is a smart, funny, profound and highly polished play that I don’t hesitate to recommend. Diamond, whose award-winning play Stick Fly played…
Read More »The Lowell High Compass Program Photography group has an exhibit up at Zeitgeist Gallery located at 167 Market St, Lowell, MA 01852 (formerly Olive That and More). The exhibit will be there until Monday June 16th. Items are available for purchase and all proceeds will go towards purchasing new cameras.…
Read More »I have a message for President Obama and the Democratic National Committee: Nationalize the 2014 Congressional elections coming in November by giving American voters a simple choice. Start by stealing a Republican idea, Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, which was announced six weeks before the 1994 mid-term election and is…
Read More »Mayor Elliott introduced Hannah York, the new City Auditor. She says she’s delighted to be here and everyone has been wonderful, especially the staff in the Auditor’s Office. Public Hearing on Proposed FY15 Budget Councilor Kennedy congratulates City Manager Murphy on the budget document but says because it proposes a…
Read More »Friend-of-the-blog and frequent contributor Nancy Pitkin volunteers as an ESL tutor in the Literacy Program sponsored by the Pollard Memorial Library. One of Nancy’s students, Elizabeth Maximovich, became a United States citizen on March 25 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium ceremony. Nancy asked Elizabeth to write about the experience so…
Read More »John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. Here is his latest: There are three things certain in life. Benjamin Franklin identified death and taxes. The third certainty is that without taxes and government intervention, people will die. Two years…
Read More »For info contact Donna White at donnawhite@glmt.org or 978-319-8867 GLMT announces summer shows LOWELL, Mass. – The Greater Lowell Music Theatre, in partnership with the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, is pleased to present its 2014 summer season of musicals. All shows are performed in Durgin Concert Hall, located on…
Read More »I’m still recuperating from knee surgery so my own participation in the week’s political activities was limited but here are some observations from the sidelines. Nancy Pelosi visits Lowell Early Monday morning, Nancy Pelosi and ten Congressional colleagues rolled into the parking lot of Middlesex Community College as part of…
Read More »June 2, 2014 – Monday 157 Nesmith St Unit 7 for $105,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $180,400 20-22 Seventh St for $240,000. Prior sale in 1967 12 Belmont St for $269,900. Prior sale in 2012 for $160,000 June 3, 2014 – Tuesday 15-17 Joyce Ave for $232,000. Prior sale…
Read More »Lowell City Hall from the Northwesterly approach. Photo by Tony Sampas
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