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Toastmasters International, the organization devoted to improving public speaking by its members, is opening a new chapter in Lowell. A Kick-Off/Open House event will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 7 pm at Ideal Global Solutions, 296 Westford Street in Lowell. Everyone is invited and there is not…
Read More »Sources are telling the Boston Globe and the Eagle-Tribune that State Senator Steven Baddour of Methuen is resigning from his seat. From the Globe: Steven A. Baddour is expected to announce his resignation from the Massachusetts State Senate Monday, ending a decade-long run representing the First Essex District to take…
Read More »Regular visitors to richardhowe.com have seen his colorful paintings and distinctive drawings. The Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut will present “A Night with Richard Marion: Lowell–The Observed and Painted City” tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, at 7.00 pm at Dracut’s public library, 28 Arlington Street. The illustrated lecture is free…
Read More »Howl in Lowell pays a visit to three classic diner cars in downtown Lowell: The Club Diner, Arthur’s Paradise Diner, and The Owl Diner. [youtube]t9VwgH9lmvo[/youtube]
Read More »Paul Marion with his wife Rosemary and son Joseph. Photo courtesy of Kevin Harkins of Harkins Photography. Fellow blogger Paul Marion was presented the Tom Kelakos Community Spirit Award last evening by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell. Here are the remarks Paul made in accepting the award: . .…
Read More »The Lowell High School Fine Arts Department gave the community another outstanding stage performance this evening, presenting The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to a crowded Cyrus W. Irish Auditorium. The crowd which included many LHS staff members and School Committee members Jim Leary and Kim Scott was especially…
Read More »The Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project operated by UMass Boston set up shop in Lowell today at the Tsongas Industrial History Center within the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. More than 100 Lowell residents brought vintage and current photographs to be scanned, archived, and made available on…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can view it by following this link. As a former journalist turned communications strategist, I look at Mitt Romney’s right hand man Eric Fehrnstrom and think there but for the grace of God go I. It’s the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Some stories never end, and too often the media let them drift from public consciousness. Not so, Brian McGrory. His moving column Wednesday on the aftermath of the Darryl Williams shooting is a powerful reminder that some people…
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