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Mort de César, Vincenzo Camuccini, 1798 Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the music Cry “Caesar!” Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: A soothsayer bids you…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons -Barron’s own blog. Memo to Elizabeth Warren: wrap your arms around Greg Smith and get him to endorse your candidacy. The just departed Goldman Sachs vice president slammed the door loudly when he walked out, faulting the culture of overbearing…
Read More »Back by popular demand, two clips of the late Ken Harkins at the podium for the 1989 St Patrick’s Day breakfast in Lowell. Ken is truly missed, especially when this breakfast rolls around each year: [youtube]W2XTf4IIG8Q[/youtube] [youtube]9Y1tCu4lgWA[/youtube]
Read More »One of the regular stops on my Lowell Cemetery tour is the grave of Frederick Ayer. Mr. Ayer and his brother, James C. Ayer, attained enormous wealth and success through the sale of patent medicine. Frederick branched out into other areas, becoming the primary owner of the American Woolen Company…
Read More »Lawrence undoubtedly is the name that comes to mind whenever the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 is discussed, but there was also an associated strike in Lowell that year, known to historians as The Lowell Textile Strike of 1912. On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 6 pm at the…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that today’s state of Maine began as a separate colony in the 1620s but from the 1650s until 1820, it was part of Massachusetts. The selling of public land in Maine for debt relief in the 1790s saw the landscape and demographics change. As thousands of families from…
Read More »Actor and activist Don Cheadle with John Prendergast From UMass Lowell Public Affairs Office: “Today, human rights activist John Prendergast is testifying with actor George Clooney before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on conditions in Sudan and South Sudan. In two weeks, he will be at UMass Lowell…
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Read More »The film below, titled Kony 2012 has gone viral receiving over 74 million views as of today. Jason Russell directed and narrated this powerful video whose purpose is to call the world’s attention to Ugandan criminal, Joseph Kony. Kony is a powerful warlord who has been accused of abducting thousands…
Read More »Joe Assenza served two tours in Iraq with the US Marines and likes remembering the small, seemingly inconsequential details of his time in and awaiting combat. Don Polsi drew number 25 in the draft lottery and was soon an Army artilleryman in Vietnam. Frank Hickey had a talent for music…
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