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UMass Lowell (through its Economic and Social Development of Regions/Center for Industrial Competitiveness; its College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; its School of Health and Environment; and several external sponsors) is presenting a great selection of free seminars this fall (which also come with a free lunch in…
Read More »The evening sun, as seen through the shades from within the Pollard Memorial Library. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »The Policy Policy Polling (PPP) firm – with a track record of being right – gives us a snapshot in time in the possible Elizabeth Warren versus Scott Brown match-up for U. S. Senate in 2012. Noting that the poll was taken over the weekend right after a week of…
Read More »Here is a big thank you to all the fans from the Lowell Spinners for a fun season. It was a long and bumpy season for the boys of summer here in Lowell, but with the support of baseball’s best fans, the spinners were able to play and grow in…
Read More »Alveola Rhabdomyosarcoma is a form of cancer “that develops from connective tissues in the body, such as muscles, fat, membranes that line the joints, or blood vessels”. Michael is 10 years old, diagnosed with Alveola Rhabdomyosarcoma for the second time in two years! We would like to invite you all…
Read More »Poet Kay Ryan, who read her poems to an overflow crowd at UMass Lowell last spring, and three members of the Harvard University faculty are among the 22 recipients of the 2011 “genius grants” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Harvard professors are economist Roland Fryer,…
Read More »Next time you walk into the Hall of Flags of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, glance to your left and see the above portrait of General George S Patton. You might ask, why does a painting of that particular soldier hang here in Lowell? A small entry in the March 13,…
Read More »When the Commonwealth’s fall 2011 “Unclaimed Property” pamphlet tumbled out of the Globe yesterday, I didn’t recognize it. For the first time in my memory, the cover of the pamphlet was not graced with the photo of the incumbent State Treasurer. Joe Malone, Shannon O’Brien, Tim Cahill, you name it,…
Read More »Ed Kilgore in The New Republic boils down the ingredients of national Republic Party policy positions. Is this what it has come to? Looks like a stark contrast for Nov. 2012. Read his short piece here, which I picked up from realclearpolitics.com
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