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Here’s the audio of Lowell City Council candidate Fred Doyle’s radio broadcast of earlier today: [youtube]zVudPvnOp9E[/youtube] As much as his verbal jabs seem unusual in today’s political environment, this is nothing new for Fred as you can judge for yourself by listening to THIS vintage broadcast from an earlier era.
Read More »The UMass Lowell building boom includes South Campus at Broadway and Wilder. Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Pick a Saturday morning to eat breakfast at the Owl Diner on Appleton Street. The scene is a town meeting of locals and yokels and foodie tourists from across the river or down the highway. This morning was no different. Between the narrow booth-and-counter front section and the expansive dining room…
Read More »Maybe the Globe sports section is following the lead of the Red Sox and cleaning house. Somebody named Matt Pepin is now writing about the Red Sox but that’s not a bad thing because he has a great account of Terry Francona’s final press conference. Whatever you think of Francona,…
Read More »The annual Lowell Open Studios event will take place this Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm each day at various venues around the city. Open Studios is a great opportunity to check out the local art scene and to support the artists working in our community. Almost…
Read More »Back during the summer, there was confusion about the dates of this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery. One set of tours were originally set for today and tomorrow (Sept 30 and October 1) but that quickly had to be changed because of circumstances beyond my control. Even though all advertising…
Read More »Jonathan Phelps has a story in the Eagle-Tribune about a difference of opinion among two Merrimack Valley legislators – Senator Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) and Barry Finegold (D-Andover) and former State Senator Sue Tucker. Tucker – who did not seek reelection – is a longtime opponent of casinos and slots and…
Read More »The Mass Humanities Eighth Annual Fall Symposium has a timely focus on the influence of the internet on our politics, society and culture. The three session symposium will be held at Boston College on Saturday November 19, 2011 from 12:30 – 5pm. Callie Crossley – popular WGBH host and commentator –…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. Karl Marx believed that religion is the opiate of the masses. I have always thought that sports are the true “opium of the people.” What better escape has there been from the news about…
Read More »Mass Humanities, the state agency affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will host a conference about the internet and democracy at Boston College on Nov. 19. The folks at MH have assembled a set of high-powered speakers with connections to moveon.org, TED, and bigtime media outlets and academia.…
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