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Last weekend, my wife, Rosemary, and I enjoyed a matinee performance of “The Verse Business” by A. M. Dolan, the one-man show about Robert Frost, starring Gordon Clapp, who is best known for his acting in the TV series “NYPD Blue.” Except for the side seats in the balcony, the…
Read More »This one is for all the bloggers who started on ancient machinery. “Writing Life” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Former Heavy Weigh Champion Joe Frazier passed away last Monday from Liver Cancer. We will all remember Frazier for his epic battles with Muhammad Ali…In this, the 15th round of the first fight between them, Frazier knocks Ali to the canvas for the first time in his career. This is…
Read More »Co-author Dick Howe did a post several days ago on US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren’s meeting of volunteers that took place at the Butler School in Lowell. Below is the first of six videos containing Warren’s entire speech which you can view on YouTube. This video was originally post by…
Read More »As I noted in a previous post – former Massachusetts State Senate Minority Leader and candidate for Lt. Governor in 2010 Richard Tisei of Wakefield has already decided to jump into the race in the 6th Congressional District currently represented by John Tierney. He’s expected to make it official next week.…
Read More »To say this election yielded interesting results in an understatement. For the council, at least, it wasn’t a wholesale dismissal of incumbents as was the case in 1993. The same cannot be said for the school committee. In fact, I would call this an anti-school committee election. Two challengers, Kim…
Read More »2011 Election Results Note: Incumbents in italics City Council 1. Rita Mercier – 5305 2. Rodney Elliott – 4114 3. Kevin Broderick – 3880 4. Patrick Murphy – 3732 5. Marty Lorrey – 3709 6. Bill Martin – 3692 7. Vesna Nuon – 3611 8. Ed Kennedy – 3586 9.…
Read More »Yesterday I attended the UMass Lowell – Parker Lecture at the UML Inn & Conference Center forum on the 2012 Presidential election . Chancellor Marty Meehan moderated a panel that consisted of former Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, the Boston Herald’s Joe Battenfeld, the Lowell Sun’s Jennifer Myers, and the…
Read More »In today’s Globe – veteran writer Frank Phillips and colleague Noah Bierman cover the fall-out from yesterday’s announcement of the new Congressional District Map for Massachusetts. Phillips had written over the weekend about the House plan to carve Lawrence out of the 5th District into the 6th – which many…
Read More »We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. —Pericles (495–429 BC), speaking about citizens of Athens and politics
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