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A holiday message from Lowell. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Woody Guthrie Due for Major Tribute in Tulsa; New Guthrie Center Seen as Arts Spark for Downtown Redevelopment
Reporter Patricia Cohen in today’s NYTimes described how folksinger Woody Guthrie will finally get his due in the place of his roots, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local activists kept the tribute flame alive for the past many years, and now the Kaiser Foundation, based in Tulsa, has put up $3 million to…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley – New Hampshire: Forum on the Future ~ Politics in America
December 27, 2011
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Those of you politicos who thrive on cross-boarder trips into New Hampshire during the presidential political season – might be interested in a Forum on the Future presentation scheduled for January 9, 2012 at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The discussion – “Renewing America’s Political…
Read More »Lies About Equality in America and Elsewhere?
Controversial Canadian author Steve Marche shares his view “That we are not all created equal” in his monthly column – “A Thousand Words about Our Culture” – in the January 2012 of Esquire magazine. Here is a taste of his view – then read on for the reasons behind the view. He assails both the…
Read More »New Poetry by Joe Donahue
Under the title “Dissolves,” the new sections of Joe Donahue’s long poem “Terra Lucida,” are due in January from the publisher Talisman House in New Jersey. Joe is on long-term leave from Lowell, based at Duke University, where he researches eternal questions. The reading public rarely catches up to a visionary poet in…
Read More »Gergen on Obama: Looking Better for 2012
CNN analyst and Kennedy School big-wig David Gergen offers his latest take on the President’s prospect for re-election. Like many other commentators, Gergen feels that he must throw in a side whack at the Washington DC Democrats for balance as he makes the case about GOP failings on national and…
Read More »Jingle Bells Performer by Chelmsford Moderator DeFreitas
You’re right!, that IS Chelmsford Moderator and former Selectman Dick DeFreitas playing the Sax on his own arrangement of Jingle Bells. Thanks to the people at Copley Media for bringing this video to us… Richie Defreitas, Ralph Funaro, Stanley Swann and the Casual Saxtet perform a jazz style version of…
Read More »A busy Christmas
“Meanderings” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters offers another of his essays: There is not a great deal to write about on Christmas Day. If I say that there is too much emphasis on commercialism and profitability, I attack the capitalistic experience that makes the holidays such an important part of rebuilding the…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Rumors of a Romero Removal
The Eagle-Tribune writer Mark E. Vogler is reporting this morning that rumors coming from a neighborhood meeting that Mayor William Lantigua and perhaps some City Councilors are planning to oust Lawrence Police Chief John Romero have riled many in the rank and file as well as the superior officers. A…
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