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The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Red Sox opening day victory……what could be better? I posted the team’s first-place standing on my refrigerator, thinking it might all be downhill from there. But I felt great. Never mind that the dreaded Yankees are broken old…
Read More »Last evening was the Lowell premiere of “Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey”, a documentary about Sayon Soeun who at a very young age was forced to serve as a Khmer Rouge soldier. The film follows Sayon, who has lived in Lowell since the early 1990s, as he returns to Cambodia in…
Read More »Read Kevin Cullen in today’s Globe for a great take on UMass Lowell hockey, the university on the move, and what it all means for Lowell.
Read More »From UMass Lowell: The Center for Public Opinion periodically sponsors political debates as part of its mission to promote civic engagement and an enhanced understanding of the political process. U.S. Senate Special Election Primary Debate, April 8, 2013 Come see the candidates for U.S. Senate debate the issues of importance…
Read More »(Globe photo) LeLacheur Park at 450 Aiken Street in Lowell, Massachusetts Today’s Boston Globe features seven New England minor league baseball parks. About LeLacheur Park and the Lowell Spinners, Globe writer Craig Forde says: An instant hit once the gates swung open in 1998, LeLacheur Park ran a sell-out streak of 413…
Read More »This is a re-post from the LowellDeeds blog from earlier today: I spent this morning at the Tsongas Arena helping to staff the housing booth at the Money Strong for Life Fair organized by the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union and attended by nearly 300 seniors from Lowell High School. This…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Yesterday North Korea announced it’s restarting its nuclear reactor so it can build its nuclear weapons arsenal. This follows North Korea’s increasingly bellicose posturing over the last couple of months, including a nuclear bomb test in February. The…
Read More »When I wrote this post in November of 2009, I didn’t know Patrick Murphy and nobody had any idea of what would unfold in the next few years. Catching up with the latest local commentary on social media this morning, I remembered this quirky post written in the aftermath of…
Read More »After 90 minutes of citizen comment on City Councilor Rita Mercier’s motion to, among other things, hold a vote of no confidence in Mayor Murphy next week, the Lowell City Council adopted by an 8 to 0 vote a substitute motion by Councilor Marty Lorrey that said essentially that the…
Read More »The Tewksbury Public Library continues to offer interesting community programs. The town library is conveniently located at 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury, MA 01876 just off Route 38 adjacent to the Tewksbury State Hospital. For hours and information you can call 978-640-4490 or check the website at www.tewksburypl.org. Tomorrow evening – Wednesday April 3, 2013…
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