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The best line of last night’s presidential debate came from President Obama who explained to Republican Candidate Mitt Romney that the nature of America’s military has changed. Check it out below.
Read More »“Picking the President” at UMass Lowell
Today’s “Lunchtime Lecture” at UMass Lowell’s Inn & Conference Center featured a lively discussion about this year’s presidential race. The speakers were Mike Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic nominee for president; Dan Winslow, a Republican state representative from Norfolk who was also chief legal counsel for Governor…
Read More »From Cardinal Sean’s Blog ~ At the Grotto and Stations of the Cross in Lowell
On Saturday afternoon October 13, Cardinal Sean O’Malley visited the Franco American School in Lowell to say Mass and re-dedicate the refurbised and restored one hundred year old Stations of the Cross at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Over 500 people attended the outdoor mass. The Cardinal remarked…
Read More »From Mass Moments: Millerites Await the End of the World ~ October 22, 1844
MassMoments reminds us today about the Millerites and the view that the end of the world was nigh. I’m struck by the comments attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Reverend Theodore Parker when asked about the coming end of days. The Millerites – nearly 100,000 of them – were so…
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October 22, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Lowell, Election 2012, Culture, Current Events, History
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The death of George McGovern is something of a milestone for me. I cast my first presidential vote for him in November 1972. The voting age had been lowered to 18 that year in deference to the 18-year-olds who were being drafted to fight in Vietnam. Sen. McGovern opposed the…
Read More »City Council motions for October 23, 2012 meeting
From this week’s City Council agenda, here are the motions filed for tomorrow evening’s meeting: C. Mercier – Request City Manager outline steps to be taken to reassure Council that new phone lines will function during power outages so as not to interrupt or prevent residents’ emergency calls to police…
Read More »George McGovern a rare model of courage and commitment: R.I.P. by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. South Dakota Senator George McGovern’s 1972 run for the White House was the last Presidential campaign I ever worked on. My journalistic career appropriately barred political involvement. But, as a good and decent man who stood up for…
Read More »SNL…Presidential Debate 2
Saturday Night Live is at its best when it does political satire…here is its take on last’s weeks town hall style presidential debate.
Read More »Lightning Strike
Friday night a bolt of lightning struck a tree in Lowell Cemetery and removed a 25 foot long strip of bark, starting up high and spiraling down almost to the ground.
Read More »Fall views of Lowell Cemetery
Some photos from yesterday’s tour of Lowell Cemetery:
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