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This morning major news outlets are reporting that Mitt Romney told a group of his supporters that he lost the election because President Obama give “gifts” to certain groups. In a conference call Wednesday afternoon with his national finance committee, Mr. Romney said that the president had followed the “old…
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Views from within the Boott Mill. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »This afternoon was the Grand Opening of the new UTEC facility on Hurd Street. The facility is an architectural marvel, both inside and out, joining the historic St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (1839) with a brand new 7500 square foot, three story addition. The first floor of the addition features…
Read More »Sorry to be a bit late with this reminder, but trash pick-up in the city of Lowell this week will be on the normal schedule and not delayed one day despite Monday being the observance of Veterans Day. So put your trash out on the normal schedule if you haven’t…
Read More »Yesterday at about noon a major water main in Worcester burst, flooding a building at Worcester State University and forcing the city to shut of its entire water supply overnight to make repairs. Imagine waking up and not having a ready supply of clean, safe water – no shower, no…
Read More »This is a revised version of a poem of the season from my second full-length collection of poems, “Middle Distance,” published in 1989. The setting is drawn from the view across fields in Dracut, off Mammoth Road looking toward Lakeview Avenue.–PM . Desire Lines . At Runaway Hill, where a horse…
Read More »This video shows some interesting memorabilia from the Harvard Brewery in Lowell. captainbirch originally posted this video.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can find it here. Congress returns to work tomorrow, and there are a few reasons to be hopeful that the two parties may be able to negotiate a solution to the fiscal crisis, the so-called fiscal cliff that…
Read More »Taking advantage of the adhesive-weakening sunlight this weekend, I switched my car’s party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Removing bumper stickers is also easier when the candidates won.
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