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Fifteen minutes before start time; hall is full. Stage set up with six semi-easy chairs for candidates to the right. Each chair separated by a small wooden end table. There’s a podium for the moderator slightly to the left of center stage and two long banquet tables with blue skirting…
Read More »I’m bringing my laptop with me to tonight’s Democratic US Senate debate at UMass Lowell. The debate begins at 7 pm and I plan to do periodic posts through the evening as the event progresses, so check back frequently. Hopefully the rain will go away by then so the pre-debate…
Read More »Reporter Abby Goodnough of the NYTimes wrote in today’s paper about the US Senate Democratic candidates debate tonight at UMass Lowell, emphasizing that this is the first big campaign test for Elizabeth Warren. Read the article here, and get the NYT on your porch or online if you want more.
Read More »Thanks to this morning’s rain, I was able to upload the videos of last night’s Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council candidate forum on “Finances, Taxes & the Budget.” The fifteen council candidates in attendance – Paul Belley and Vesna Nuon were unable to attend – were asked to spend their two…
Read More »Back in April the Springfield Republican launched a series aiming to tell of Springfield’s role in the Civil War and of how the community and environs weathered the difficult years of the War. Springfield native and local historian Wayne Phaneuf – who is in charge of all editorial operations at…
Read More »Three BU Professors (Fred Bayles,Tobe Berkovitz and John Carroll) give their take on what to expect at tonight’s first senatorial debate being held at UMass Lowell.
Read More »I haven’t had a chance to look at this yet, but a friend emailed me the link and said he had obtained exclusive footage of a clearly agitated Terry Francona making his final exit from Fenway Park: [youtube]yngq9NmOnFw[/youtube]
Read More »The Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council presented its third City Council Candidate Forum tonight at the Wang Middle School. Set in the school auditorium, candidates sat on the stage behind a row of tables while organizers and audience members occupied the auditorium seats. The topic for this evening was “Finances, Taxes…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren answer questions at endorsement event in Lowell today canal-side in downtown Lowell. After teaching a class at Harvard this morning , Elizabeth Warren made her way to Lowell early this afternoon to accept an important endorsement of her candidacy for the…
Read More »In his Washington Post column yesterday Massachusetts native E. J. Dionne posed two questions about the political left and President Obama with some comments on the political right’s monopoly of the narrative. He posits that an engaged left could shown how moderate the President really is and how far to…
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