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Purple Fountain Grass
Purple Fountain Grass at the corner of Middlesex and Wood Streets (Rourke Bridge). Courtesy of Lowell Pride – Adopt an Island. Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Tim Egan of NYT on the GOP’s Clothespin
Today’s NYTimes includes the latest from opinion-writer Tim Egan, a comment on the figment that is politician Mitt Romney. There is a real ex-Gov. Romney and a businessman Romney and a Grandfather Mitt, but those are not on the political sales counter for the fall. I wouldn’t use the nasty term “empty suit” for…
Read More »Lowell Sprouts @ UML
This video was originally posted by umasslowell Mary Beth Skelley, a recent graduate of UMass Lowell, created Lowell Sprouts. Lowell Sprouts is a school garden that teaches children about growing vegetables, composting and components of composting. She would love to be a teacher and is very invested in food security.…
Read More »Looking ahead to Red Sox 2013 by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. Trudging up to Yawkey Way from the Kenmore Square T stop last Friday, I tasted bile in contemplating the horrors of the 2012 team, a performance that defies description by all but the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessey. I consoled myself that it was…
Read More »By the Merrimack, foot of Wilder Street
Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Ann Romney pitch to women: polished and poll-driven by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Mitt Romney quoted Popeye Sunday on Fox News, saying, “I am what I am, and that’s all what I am.” (As hinted at by Scott Lehigh in today’s Globe, we don’t know if that’s Mitt 1.0, 2.0…
Read More »City Council Succession and Vote Totals
With the resignation of Kevin Broderick and the ascension of John Leahy as his replacement, I started thinking of other instances when sitting councilors left before the end of a two-year term. Both my memory and my records on the Elections section of this site are a bit sketchy, so…
Read More »“In search of grape leaves” by Bette Skandalis
Blog co-author Paul Marion recently discovered the blog of a friend of his from Dracut High School – Bette Skandalis – who is now a writer living in Cambridge. On her blog, called First Lines, Bette writes about “the interplay of food, family and love” with many of her stories…
Read More »“Nobody Beats the Fizz: Lowell’s Engines of 21st Century Development” by Bob Forrant
UMass Lowell Professor Bob Forrant shared the following essay that explores the relationship between the city of Lowell, the University, and the National Park: Introduction For thirty-seven years I’ve lived and worked in Massachusetts industrial cities and for the last twenty-five I’ve thought a lot about how cities like Springfield,…
Read More »Kevin Broderick to resign from City Council?
Rob Mills (@Robert_Mills) tweeted this earlier this evening: City Councilor Kevin Broderick just confirmed to me that he plans to resign tomorrow night to spend more time with his wife and five kids That’s certainly big news in Lowell politics. Normally the tenth place finisher in the last council election…
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