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:
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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…
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Oh yes, now Massachusetts has a real senate race!
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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…
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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…
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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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A recent edition of Bookmarks magazine (“For everyone who hasn’t read everything”) came into my possession. Motivated by the unexpected popularity in 2010 of Mark Twain’s “complete and unexpurgated autobiography”, released at Twain’s direction one hundred years after his death, Bookmarks suggests “some of the more interesting attempts by Americans…
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[youtube]iNfgwNjrOio[/youtube] Here’s a creative take on the famous “Think Different” TV ad by Apple.
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At Political Intelligence breakingnews over on Boston.com, veteran Globe reporter Frank Phillips has the story about Elizabeth Warren and her plan to announce her candidacy for the US Senate tomorrow – with an on-line video: After weeks of testing the political waters, Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law School professor and…
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