Brett Cromwell of the Lowell Film Collaborative has launched a new website, www.coversmartquiz.com The site is for all music lovers but especially those who cherish the artwork that appeared on album covers during the past half century. Each day, visitors to the site are presented with images of several album…
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Here’s a group of post office employees protesting proposed budget cuts earlier this evening in Kearney Square, outside the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.
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“Lowell City Hall” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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Massachusetts State Senator Barry Finegold (D-Andover), 2EM Last March – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Alaska Senator Mark Begich launched a new non-profit group to highlight young Democratic elected officials with new ideas at the state and local level. The group, called The New DEAL (an acronym for Developing Exceptional American Leaders)…
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There are many ways that we measure the strength of candidates during a city council election. How many signs do we see? Or bumper stickers? Local radio station WCAP does a telephone poll the Saturday before the election. None of those are scientific or perhaps even accurate, but they give…
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If you want to attend housing expert Karl “Chip” Case’s Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, you should register today because the seating is limited to 100 and not many seats are left. The lecture is on Monday, Oct. 3, at 12 noon. Contact artsandideas@uml.edu or call…
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Do you use Twitter? Would you like to use Twitter? Do you want to meet a bunch of people in Lowell who are active on Twitter? If you answered yes to any of these questions, stop by Fuse Bistro (the former Cafe Paradiso) at the corner of Palmer and Middle…
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ABOVE – Merrimack Canal reflecting on Boott Mill BELOW – Boott Mill reflected on the Merrimack Canal photos by Tony Sampas
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History.com reminds us that on this day September 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in the city of Chicago. Presidential hopefuls Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off in a television studio to discuss “domestic matters.” Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from…
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An Evening with Andre Dubus University of Massachusetts Lowell faculty member and New York Times Best-Selling Author Andre Dubus III will be discussing his latest work – Townie – at the Tewksbury Public Library on Tuesday September 27, 2011 at 6:30pm. A book sale and signing will take place after…
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