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On this day – May 29, 1917 – John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy. John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy – often referred to by his initials JFK – was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.…
Read More »There are some great pictures of this year’s Middlesex Community College graduation on the college’s blog. Check it out. http://community.middlesex.mass.edu/blogs/mccblog/ And you can watch Chancellor Marty Meehan give his address to the Umass Lowell graduation class on YouTube. Here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkjTNHRgjaU
Read More »Paul Belley took to his blog, Captains Log, this weekend to confirm his interest in the Greater Lowell Vocational High School committee seat that may become vacant should its current occupant, Mike Lenzi, leave the committee once he moves into the new home he recently purchased in Dracut. Paul is…
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Read More »I went into the vault to get this prose poem from 1978, written soon after the experience that provided the brief story thread in the poem. In those days, I was constantly on the lookout for images and incidents that could feed a new composition. I wanted to write, write, write.—PM . Memorial Day…
Read More »Earlier today the Greater Lowell Veterans’ Council held its Memorial Day Service at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Besides the many veterans groups in attendance, the following elected officials were also there: Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, State Senator Eileen Donoghue, State Representatives Tom Golden and Dave Nangle, Mayor Patrick Murphy and City…
Read More »Tony Sampas shares these images of the stained glass windows of the Pollard Memorial Library for Memorial Day.
Read More »Dateline Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Conservative columnist George Will jumped feet-first into a local dispute now gone viral – a lawsuit entitled United States of America v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts. We Tewksbury folk – and now lots of others – know that address belongs to the Motel Caswell. With a history of…
Read More »This guy has the Prez down perfectly… Seen on C-SPAN: Obama impersonator Reggie Brown performed during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
Read More »Hollywood visited the Tewksbury K Mart this week. YouTube user xxxrollingrockxxx2 posted this video of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade (I think) filming a scene from Grown Ups 2.
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