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This past weekend I traveled to Washington with family members from near and far to attend a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum that involved stamp collecting and the Medal of Honor. My mother’s cousin, Lowell-native David H. McNerney, was awarded the Medal of Honor on September 19, 1968…
Read More »The video has become a requirement in today’s campaign world. Most local campaigns are all about social media, too. Not everyone makes full use of the options on the web, but more often than not the candidates are going digital. It was a ground-breaking move when local candidates started making…
Read More »In this space I’ve written about the house party and the “time” as building blocks of a political campaign. Another staple of any campaign is the “stand out.” Some people call this “holding signs,” and the insiders refer to this activity as “viz” or “doing a visibility.” The stand out…
Read More »UMass Lowell’s Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture is sponsoring a Teach-In on the “Crisis in Syria” and the public is invited. SYRIAN CRISIS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Teach-In at UMass Lowell Tuesday, October 1 2:00 – 3:15pm O’Leary Library 222 Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Welcome …
Read More »This week master traditional Irish musician and master fiddler Seamus Connolly will be honored as a 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Well-known locally – Lowellians and longtime Lowell Folk Festival goers have enjoyed Séamus Connolly’s amazing talent as well as his warmth and down-to-earth charm. Just down the road at Boston College,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. Please pass the salt and pepper. I’m about to eat some crow. Last July, I wrote how nervous I was when the Red Sox were in first place at the All Star break. Looking back over 20 years’…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston’s mayoral election is still up for grabs, but the selections may be crystalizing. Four days with no computer has left me grappling impressionistically with the 12-person field, but things are looking slightly more clear. Thanks to Davcoh…
Read More »Vote 17. The Lowell-based campaign to allow for voting at 17 years old has been going on since 2010. The United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) has made an extraordinary effort on this issue. If all the young people in Lowell who have been pushing this change registered to vote when…
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