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Jack Kerouac Baseball Card, Manager, Pittsburgh Plymouths
Another twist on the Kerouac thing. Read about this designer, Gary Joseph Cieradkowski, and what he writes about Kerouac and baseball.
Read More »Challenger in the Third Middlesex Senate District: Barrett vs Fargo
The Lowell Sun and other media outlets are reporting on breakingnews that State Senator Susan Fargo will face a primary challenge in 2012 from Democrat Michael Barrett. Fargo represents the Third Middlesex District with includes the communities of Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln, Waltham, Weston and parts of Sudbury and Lexington. Michael-Barrett…
Read More »Of Note: Kerouac on New Yorker Cover, Dec. 5
This version is small, but you get the picture for the new issue of The New Yorker, Dec. 5, whose cover illustration titled “Black Friday” by Daniel Clowes depicts an an average-looking man entering a shop selling books and literary paraphernalia, including in the lower left section a row of four…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: More on Takeover of Lawrence Schools
In a article in today’s Eagle tribune writer Alex Bloom – who has been closely following the actvities around a takeover of the Lawrence schools by the Commonweath – tells us that January 1, 2012 is the date when the schools will be under the control and direction of a…
Read More »The political power of Lowell’s Mayor
Forty years ago in the aftermath of a disruptive city election that saw three incumbents defeated, the Lowell Sun’s Frank Phillips, now a long-time senior political writer for the Boston Globe, gave his analysis of the political power and the potential political power of the office of mayor in the…
Read More »UML Health and Social Sciences Building
The new Health and Social Sciences Building under construction on the UMass Lowell South Campus. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »‘Oranges at Christmas’
This essay was first heard as a radio essay on the “Sunrise” program of WUML, 92.5 FM, at UMass Lowell. Executive producer Chris Dunlap assembled writers in the area for the daily essay feature, a popular component of the morning public affairs show. I’ve shared this essay with rh.com readers for the…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Lawrence Schools Takeover Update
The Eagle Tribune is reporting that Massachusetts Education Commissioner Chester has recommended receivership for the Lawrence public schools. WBUR public radio is reporting that the Massachusetts Board of Education has just voted to place the system into receivership. More information to come.
Read More »From the Lowell Historical Society Treasure Trove
This is one of a series of cross-posts from the Lowell Historical Society blog site. The Society has a treasure of resources for the researcher and the curious! Posted on November 29, 2011 by Marie FROM THE LOWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY TREASURE TROVE! From the Lowell Historical Society Collection: Bust of Benjamin…
Read More »Barney Frank: the rudest Congressman you’ll ever miss by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s blog. The subtitle of Stuart Weisberg’s book Barney Frank is “the story of America’s only left-handed, gay, Jewish Congressman.” It could also be “ the story of the smartest, wittiest, rudest person in Congress in our lifetime.” It is also…
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