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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Be sure to check it out too. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday urged the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. This follows on the heels of last week’s move to ban the sale of sugary drinks in cups…
Read More »I didn’t want the anniversary of D-Day to pass without comment. Below is a repeat of the post I did today for the LowellDeeds blog. Above and far below are photos from a family visit to Normandy back in 2004. The Allied invasion of Normandy – D-Day – occurred 68…
Read More »Last Friday, I received a surprise call at my UMass Lowell office. I was in a meeting off campus, so was not there to pick up the phone. Later in the day, I got an email message explaining what had happened and telling me to check the voicemail. I joined the…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column There is something terribly wrong here. Banks are being paid more for not lending money than they are paying seniors on fixed…
Read More »Sunday’s New York Times has a very interesting article about the difficulties faced in establishing a Sept 11 Museum in New York City. While it sounds like the museum commission has been totally inclusive in soliciting opinions from all involved, emotions are still too raw and still too diverse to…
Read More »Matt Malone, SJ A Massachusetts and Greater Lowell connection! I know Matt and couldn’t be more pleased at this appointment. America is powerful voice for Jesuits and for Catholics – it is in a good place in the hands of Matt Malone. (New York, N.Y., June 5, 2012) — For…
Read More »A unique perspective on the Boott Mills, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »I’ve already written about Elizabeth Warren winning the votes of 95.77% of the delegates at Saturday’s Democratic State Convention in Springfield, so here are a some other notes from the day: State Treasurer Steve Grossman who was the first speaker of the day had supporters distributing to each delegate a…
Read More »Thanks to City Manager Bernie Lynch and Acting Supt. of Lowell National Park Peter Aucella, several excellent groundskeepers from the City and Park last Thursday spent a few hours sprucing up Kerouac Park and the Jack Kerouac Commemorative (the sculptural tribute) on Bridge Street downtown in preparation for a video-taped report by the UK…
Read More »The monsoon-like weather that washed across the Commonwealth didn’t keep 3,554 delegates from attending the 2012 Democratic State Convention in Springfield today. The biggest story will have to be the mammoth vote for Elizabeth Warren – she got 95.77% of the delegates – and the concurrent failure of Marisa DeFranco…
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