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Earlier today I had an appointment in downtown Lowell and I wisely walked to it. Had I taken my car, I believe it would have taken longer to reach my destination. The photo above was taken from the vicinity of Jackson Street looking down Central towards Prescott. The bumper to…
Read More »The Great Strike — Lawrence 1912 – Ralph Fasanella Courtesy of Fasanella Estate On Monday September 19 at Noon, Professor Bob Forrant will give a talk at UMass Lowell, O”Leary Room 500M on South Campus. The focus of his talk is “One Hundred Years Later: Why the Bread & Roses…
Read More »The University of Massachusetts Lowell joins other universities with its own Center for Public Opinion. According to Lowell’s Chancellor Marty Meehan: “The Center for Public Opinion will advance understanding of government, societal issues and the political process and encourage cicivc engagement among our students to help them achieve the well-rounded…
Read More »Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church at 25 Fr. John Sarantos Way (just to the north of the North Common). Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Thanks to WHDH-TV channel 7 for this report on a fire at Lowell’s Holy Family Church (also known as St Marie’s Church, located on Chamberlain Street near the Woburn Street exit of Rte 495) that trapped two firefighters in a smoke-filled basement. Fortunately, they were quickly rescued by their comrades:
Read More »Been a while since I dragged Th. L. Friedman over to the blog, but today’s opinion entry at nytimes.com is worth reading as a reminder of what’s at stake in our political contests. The Dems lost what should have been a sure bet in New York, and only have their…
Read More »Oh yes, now Massachusetts has a real senate race!
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s amazing that so much of the negotiation of a casino-and-slots bill has gone on behind closed doors. After proposals had sucked much of the oxygen out of the air last year, Governor Patrick and legislative leadership, especially…
Read More »This past weekend I created a “2011 Lowell City Council election” page where I would compile links to YouTube videos and other electronic material by and about the candidates. I invited the various campaigns and anyone else to forward to me (DickHoweJr[at]gmail.com) links to anything that I had missed. I…
Read More »Ten years ago tonight, just two days after the most devastating terrorist attack in American history, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson identified the perpetrators: [youtube]H-CAcdta_8I[/youtube]
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