Here are the opening and closing statements of the second group of city council candidates from last night’s forum sponsored by the United Teachers of Lowell: [youtube]OEXAEwzCFUI[/youtube] [youtube]0WwfQOJmak8[/youtube]
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Here are the opening statements and the closing statements of the first group of city council candidates from last night’s forum sponsored by the United Teachers of Lowell: [youtube]DA_stwp3B6w[/youtube] [youtube]mITlhiAXieM[/youtube]
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University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries awarded grant from ALA and NEH to host Civil War reading and discussion series LOWELL, MA – University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries received a $3,000 grant from the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host “Let’s Talk About…
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Lowell High School Little Theater United Teachers of Lowell/Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council Lowell City Council and Lowell School Committee Candidates’ Night Tonight! October 24, 2011 at 7:oo pm Carried live on Local Cable Access LET/Channel 22 and WCAP/980AM Radio Re-broadcasts to be scheduled!
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When I flipped to the obituary page of today’s Globe and found myself staring into the eyes of the World War Two airman shown above, I just had to read the story. Imagine my surprise when I learned the deceased, L. Rodger Currie, was a “longtime dentist in Chelmsford” who…
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Yesterday I attended an outstanding program presented by Cliff Hoyt and the Lowell Historical Society on “J. C. Ayer and Company during the Civil War.” The Lowell-based Ayer company was one of America’s most prominent producers of patent medicine during the nineteenth century. Its founder was James Cook Ayer who…
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There’s a great story in the New York Times about Lowell-born mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias. At the age of 82, Ms. Elias is veteran of the Metropolitan Opera singing over 45 roles in over 680 performances. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut on February 23, 1954. This past September she made…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can find it here. A family medical crisis that keeps you from even reading the newspapers not only interrupts blog writing. It also gives you a distance from breaking events that provides perspective on what’s important and…
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The Lowell Historical Society is sponsoring a program today – Sunday October 24, 2011 – on the activities of J.C. Ayer & Co during the Civil War. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. at Middlesex Community College – in the Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square and is open to the…
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