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While in Boston one day last week on other business, I walked through Dewey Square to get a glimpse of Occupy Boston. It was early on a misty morning, so many of the inhabitants were still in their tightly packed tents. A couple of school groups were organizing themselves around…
Read More »Sometimes contributor Jim Peters sent along his thoughts on the upcoming city election: With scandals and investigations breaking in the news at the city level, I believe everyone must carefully think about who they are voting for, and why. Thusfar, I have narrowed down my picks to three: Seldom do…
Read More »Early Saturday afternoon my wife and I drove through downtown and lower Centralville towards East Dracut and our destination: Brox Farm on Rte. 113, which has one of the region’s best farm stands. I don’t go to Brox’s as often as I used to, so it was like old times…
Read More »Area Democrats, community activists, government officials and special guests will gather at Lenzi’s, 410 Merrimack Avenue in Dracut on October 23, 2011 at 10am for the Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) ANNUAL FALL BRUNCH. That morning, two distinguished Democrats will be honored for their dedication, service and commitment. These honorees are…
Read More »Last weekend Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith burst into the national news when Robert Jeffress, the evangelical pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch in Dallas, after endorsing Texas governor Rick Perry for the presidency, said that Mormonism was “a cult” and that Romney was “not a Christian.” I suspect that most…
Read More »[youtube]SsJKc6CJA_s[/youtube] The Tsongas Industrial History Center, located in the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in downtown Lowell, celebrated its 20th Anniversary this past Friday with a cake, tours, an exhibit of the Center through the years and a speaking program that featured UMass Lowell chancellor Marty Meehan and Thaleia Tsongas Schlesinger,…
Read More »Huffingtonpost.com this morning leads with reports on Occupy demonstrations in the US and abroad.
Read More »Here are last Saturday’s and this Saturday’s installments of city council candidate Fred Doyle’s radio campaign: [youtube]qm5yDcCqCIo[/youtube] [youtube]4Kv3iabTJk0[/youtube]
Read More »Talking with Roger at Cote’s Market on Salem Street this afternoon, I learned that Cote’s is a food supplier for the Bay State Marathon being run in Lowell tomorrow. He said he has a crew of 12 coming in around 2 a.m. to prepare enormous quantities of soup (chicken noodle…
Read More »Occupy solidarity demonstration in Berlin, Germany, today (web photo by AP courtesy of nytimes.com) Read today’s report in the New York Times here and get the NYT on your porch or online if you want more.
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