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In his recent inaugural speech Boston’s new mayor Marty Walsh referred to John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” quote but expanding it to encompass Bunker Hill, Mission Hill and all the hills of Boston. Over 50 years ago John F. Kennedy used the same image in a speech of farewell and…
Read More »The recent publication of The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI by Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger brings much needed attention to a little known bit of civil disobedience by some anti-war activists back in 1971 that led to the discovery of systemic illegal surveillance and covert…
Read More »Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting this coming SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD )Regular Breakfast meetings resume for 2014 on Saturday January 11, 2014 at 8:00 AM SHARP! in the PARKHURST ROOM at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. (The Parkhurst Room is nearby the Grill – we are moving to allow 62 young…
Read More »Knowing now that City Manager Lynch resigns effective March 10, 2014 towards the end of this meeting, the rest of this seems a bit anticlimactic but here it is for posterity. Given the debate that immediately proceeded Lynch’s announcement, it’s my sense that none of the councilors were aware of…
Read More »Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch submits his letter of resignation, effective March 10, 2014 UPDATE: Here’s a video of CM Lynch reading his letter of resignation. Video taken by Jack Mitchell of Lowell Live Feed from balcony of council chamber. [youtube]zFNbvh1_ajc[/youtube] Paul Belley shares his thoughts on his blog, Captain’s…
Read More »I’m transcribing the discussion at tonight’s Lowell City Council meeting and the first hour was taken up by a motion to restore the city’s manger (i.e., nativity scene) to city hall. It was an interesting discussion so I decided to post it separately here. Be sure to read all the…
Read More »I just finished watching the first season of a great BBC TV series on Netflix…and its available streaming! The Fall, created by Allan Cubitt and directed by Jakob Vertruggen is a captivating crime drama (and honest, I usually don’t like crime dramas). The main character, Detective Superintendent Stella…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. New is good. New is exciting. New is full of promise. That seemed the mood at Boston College today when Martin Joseph Walsh was sworn in as the 54th mayor of Boston, the first new Boston mayor inaugurated in…
Read More »This poem, from Tom Sexton’s recent book Bridge Street at Dusk (Loom Press, 2012), connects to the “Moody Gardens” post below.—PM . Manny He was a minor god of the underworld whose euphonious name brought no reply if mentioned during the day, a lounge singer, a god of sirens and…
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