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About 200 people gathered in front of City Hall last evening as a show of unity against the recent rash of violence in Lowell. In three weeks there have been nine shootings and one stabbing. While no one has died yet, the state of affairs is unacceptable which is the…
Read More »There is still plenty of time to get in shape to participate in Middlesex Community College’s 5th annual Fitness Challenge. Below are the details, taken directly from the MCC Blog. Middlesex Community College’s third annual Fitness Trail 5K Challenge, a family friendly race/walk, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday,…
Read More »From the Theater & Art section in today’s Globe – a review. Critic Terry Byrne touts “Homestead Crossing” – the new offering at the newly renovated MRT: LOWELL — The couple who lives at the end of the cul de sac called Homestead Crossing seem to fit perfectly into the plush armchairs…
Read More »In response to recent shootings in city neighborhoods, UTEC has organized a Community Response Event that begins at 5 pm at City Hall. Attendees will process up Dutton Street to the Lord Overpass. The purpose of the event is to demonstrate that all residents in the city are united in…
Read More »Mass Moments reminds us that… …in 2001, American Airlines pilot John Ogonowski made the familiar drive from his farm in Dracut to Logan airport. He was sorry he would miss a special event scheduled for later that day. Federal officials were coming to inspect the work of Cambodian immigrant…
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Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Over the summer it was rumored that NBC was going to drop David Gregory from the Meet the Press moderator’s chair because of dramatically declining ratings. Would that they had. Except for FOX appearances, Mitt Romney has been…
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Read More »This is the second dispatch from Tom Sexton as he and his wife, Sharyn, make their way across North America to the rocky shores of Maine.—PM . “Leaving Fort Nelson, British Columbia” by Tom Sexton . The first time we were in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, it was a sleepy…
Read More »From the archive: After serving for 35 years as a Member of Congress representing the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District, Edith Nourse Rogers died on this day September 10, 1960 – in the midst of her nineteenth Congressional campaign, three days before the primary. Mrs. Rogers – at the urging of…
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