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Read More »Occupy Boston: Protest and Change
The Occupy Boston protest has been much in the news lately. The map above shows the portion of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in which most of the action has taken place. To the lower left is South Station; the darker gray shape across Summer Street is the Federal Reserve…
Read More »The Globe documents the collapse of the Red Sox
Why would anyone in New England watch soap operas when we have the Boston Red Sox? The Globe’s Bob Hohler gives us the first of what I expect to be many accounts of the collapse of the 2011 Red Sox in this front-page story. Among the highlights, or lowlights more…
Read More »WHS @ Columbus Day Parade
Wilmington High School Band marches in Boston’s Columbus Day Parade.
Read More »21st Yankee Doodle Weekend in Billerica
For the past 21 years Billerica’s Yankee Doodle weekend has been a huge success. The video below was originally post by liana2006.
Read More »One Lowell to discontinue operations
It looks like One Lowell, the ten-year old advocacy organization for newcomers to our city, will be shutting its doors soon. Here’s part of a notice that went out earlier today via email: After careful study, the Board of Directors has determined that our remarkable programs require a parent organization…
Read More »NH GOP Presidential Debate Tonight at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is another stop on the fall Republican presidential candidates debate schedule. The college co-hosts the debate tonight October 11 at 8:00 p.m. with the U.S. economy as the focus. The event will be broadcast nationally and around the globe by Bloomberg Television and streamed online by Washingtonpostlive.com. WBIN…
Read More »Weak Field for GOP
October 11, 2011
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PaulM
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I can see why some of the more thoughtful Republican Party members and leaders around the country are worried about the upcoming presidential election. The collection of candidates you will see debating tonight in New Hampshire is a weak bunch. There’s nobody of the stature of Sen. John McCain, no…
Read More »Joe Nocera at NYT Touts an Economic Plan
October 11, 2011
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PaulM
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Seems like everyone in the opinion business has an idea to throw on the table. Today, columnist Joe Nocera of the NYTimes writes about a plan from the New America Foundation that mixes and matches familiar and new proposals in an attempt to influence the policy discussion around economic recovery.…
Read More »Rick Perry Attacks Romney
Texas Governor and Republican Candidate for President, Rick Perry has never lost and election. He has a reputation for running a ruthless campaign. Below his campaign takes a whack at Mitt Romney in its attempt to stop Perry’s downward spiral. The Huffington Post is reporting that Perry plans to spend…
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