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Earlier this week I led 19 UMass Lowell students on a walking tour of downtown Lowell. The students comprised a section of the Honors Seminar which is required for all freshmen in the honors program. The focus of the seminar is Lowell, which is a great way to introduce the…
Read More »Matt Donahue delivered the eulogy at his dad’s funeral yesterday. Several who attended the service mentioned to me how much they enjoyed and appreciated his remarks, so I asked Matt to share them and he generously did so: A Eulogy for Joseph P. Donahue Jr. September 18, 2013 What if…
Read More »Reminder for the next GLAD Meeting This coming SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday September 21, 2013 at 8:00 AM SHARP! Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair For more information: sweeney133@verizon.net AGENDA: The regular agenda…
Read More »Martha Coakley visited the Owl Diner in Lowell yesterday as part of the multi-city kickoff tour of her gubernatorial campaign. I wasn’t able to be there, but this photo, which I pulled from the Coakley for Governor Twitter feed, shows Attorney General Coakley, accompanied by State Senator Eileen Donoghue, listening…
Read More »Carl Sciortino is a state representative from Medford who is running for the Congressional seat left vacant when Ed Markey was elected to the US Senate. A Sciortino video is getting some attention these days. Here it is: [youtube]Z3S1zcbWkoM[/youtube]
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas. Obituary from O’Donnell Funeral Home.
Read More »This is the tenth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is thirteenth place finisher Corey Belanger. The information presented below is organized…
Read More »In our democracy one of the revered institutions is the New England town meeting, the equivalent of a political common where voters gather to make decisions together under the one person-one vote rule. In the state houses, city and town halls, and our national congress representatives who are elected by…
Read More »Mike Lake, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lt Governor in 2014 was in Lowell this evening to meet supporters and interested voters at Babylon Restaurant at 25 Merrimack Street. I wanted to hear what Mike had to say so I dropped in. He spent a lot of time…
Read More »This is the ninth in a series of posts showing some historical data from the 2011 city election. Each post shows how one candidate on the ballot in the 2013 city election performed in the 2011 election. Here is twelfth place finisher Jim Milinazzo. The information presented below is organized…
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