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Unless you’re a runner or a road race fan, stay clear of the Merrimack River and its crossings on Sunday morning. At 8 am, many of hundreds of runners participating in the BayState Marathon and Half Marathon will depart from the UML Tsongas Center and proceed along Pawtucket Street and…
Read More »Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell Massachusetts. Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »NYTimes opinion writer Tim Egan unpacks the the pain sandwich that Herman Cain is trying to sell to GOP primary voters, the “999” tax plan that he claims would simplify the tax code and juice the economy. Read Egan here, and get the NYT if you want more. Also, in today’s Globe,…
Read More »The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats is scheduled for tomorrow Saturday October 15, 20011 – at 8am SHARP at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Update: State Representative Tom Conroy and Marisa DeFranco – both candidates for the U. S. Senate – are…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No one really laid a glove on him in the New Hampshire roundtable “debate” Tuesday night. Mitt Romney looked Presidential. He had the right balance of certitude and affability. He was confident but not angry. After years of…
Read More »“Jumping-Off Point” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »[youtube]eQ5xa7AjPXM[/youtube] Newt Gingrich says Barney Frank should go to jail. The Congressman from Massachusetts responds. [youtube]ETq7OFtSJ8U[/youtube]
Read More »The well-known Hundred Club of Massachusetts, Inc. was founded in 1959 to assist widows and families of fallen police officers and firefighters in Massachusetts. Since then, the organization has provided financial support to 373 Baystate families, who have lost a police officer or firefighter that made the ultimate sacrifice. The…
Read More »Alternate captions: “So you think you have a tough job.” Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »The following is the first of a series of posts about the history of the canals of Lowell. Throughout the 18th century, world demand for lumber from the upper Merrimack River continued to grow. By the end of the American Revolution, lumbermen would routinely cut down trees along the river…
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