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I devoted most of my attention last night to video-recording the opening and closing statements of the sixteen candidates in attendance at the neighborhood group-sponsored forum at the Dom Polski Club. Last night I posted links to all of those videos. I did pay attention to what the candidates had…
Read More »At last night’s City Council forum at the Dom Polski Club, several political activists who are (relatively) new to the Lowell scene, didn’t quite know what to make of council candidate Fred Doyle. By historic standards, Fred was on the tamer side last night. To give you a taste of…
Read More »Something is also happening at Middlesex Community College. The latest is a new TV show that airs on Lowell Telecommunications called MCC Connects. Mary Jo Griffin hosts the monthly show which spotlights programs offered at the college. With the aid of LTC, MCC “students are working the show both on-camera…
Read More »The Lowell Citywide Neighborhood Council presented its second City Council Candidate Forum tonight at the Dom Polski Club in Centralville. Sixteen of the candidates participated (Mayor Jim Milinazzo was at the Lowell School Committee meeting). Each gave a 2 minute opening, answered one or more questions posed by the debate…
Read More »On this day in history – September 21, 1897 – as noted by NEWSEUM: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since…
Read More »Earlier this summer, the Veterans Administration released a plan that would merge the administrative functions of the Bedford VA hospital into the Boston VA without closing or curtailing services in nearby Bedford. The Globe reported on the proposal and the VA has posted details of the plan on its website.…
Read More »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…
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