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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.
Read More »Heavy-duty media coverage of world premiere of the “On the Road” film premiere tomorrow in France at Cannes Film Festival. There will be more reporting after people see the film. Maybe they will like it.
Read More »The attack on Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks (1856) MassMoments reminds us that on this day May 22, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was viciously attacked on the floor of the United States Senate – beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks, a Congressman from South Carolina. The issue…
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