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Today’s Eagle-Tribune is reporting that former State Senator Jim Jajuga is among those who pulled papers for the fall 2013 Methuen City Council race. In our chat at State Senator Barry Finegold’s event last week, Jim certainly seemed primed and ready to return to the active, day-to-day politics of Methuen. In…
Read More »The city’s newest park was officially dedicated tonight. Named for the founder of the Enterprise Bank & Trust Company, George L. Duncan Park sits alongside the bank’s main branch at the corner of Merrimack and Shattuck Streets. More of a public art installation than a greenspace, the Park was designed…
Read More »In a rare G-rated performance, comedian Lewis Black gives a funny yet profound commencement address at this year’s University of California at San Diego commencement. [youtube]YHzTUhkpxdk[/youtube]
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Read More »If you’ve spent any time at Lowell’s Gallagher Terminal, you have undoubtedly noticed the large brick smokestack with the name “HOOD” painted on it towering over the adjacent brick building. Neither the name nor the building have anything to do with Hood’s Dairy. Instead, they mark what was once the…
Read More »Okay, I’m a hockey fan, but I’m not a “heek” (a hockey geek). I’ve heard the TV play-by-play announcers refer to the “Merlot line” of Gregory Campbell, Daniel Paille, and Shawn Thornton, one of the Bruins’ supporting lines. What are they talking about, I wondered? I could have Googled the…
Read More »Note: Dick and I were on the same page this morning about “Bunker Hill” – posting about Nathaniel Philbrick’s take on Bunker Hill. My husband Bill Sweeney just finished the Philbrick book and had lots of good things to say. I’m suggesting this Smithsonian article as a place to start your…
Read More »Father’s Day brought me a copy of Nathaniel Philbrick’s recently published book, “Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution” which I’m sure is a fine addition to his already impressive list of works on American history (In the Heart of the Sea, Last Stand, Mayflower). For whatever reason, Bunker…
Read More »Bunker Hill Monument From the archives: MassMoments reminds us that on this day – June 17, 1825 – on the 50th anniversary of the battle the cornerstone was laid for the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Daniel Webster, seen by some as the greatest orator in U.S. history was…
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