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Postal worker protest
Here’s a group of post office employees protesting proposed budget cuts earlier this evening in Kearney Square, outside the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.
Read More »‘Lowell City Hall’ by Richard Marion
“Lowell City Hall” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Finegold Selected by The New DEAL
Massachusetts State Senator Barry Finegold (D-Andover), 2EM Last March – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Alaska Senator Mark Begich launched a new non-profit group to highlight young Democratic elected officials with new ideas at the state and local level. The group, called The New DEAL (an acronym for Developing Exceptional American Leaders)…
Read More »New City Council Poll
There are many ways that we measure the strength of candidates during a city council election. How many signs do we see? Or bumper stickers? Local radio station WCAP does a telephone poll the Saturday before the election. None of those are scientific or perhaps even accurate, but they give…
Read More »Housing Expert Karl ‘Chip’ Case Talk Nearing Capacity
If you want to attend housing expert Karl “Chip” Case’s Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, you should register today because the seating is limited to 100 and not many seats are left. The lecture is on Monday, Oct. 3, at 12 noon. Contact artsandideas@uml.edu or call…
Read More »Lowell Tweet-up on Tuesday
Do you use Twitter? Would you like to use Twitter? Do you want to meet a bunch of people in Lowell who are active on Twitter? If you answered yes to any of these questions, stop by Fuse Bistro (the former Cafe Paradiso) at the corner of Palmer and Middle…
Read More »Merrimack Canal and Boott Mill
ABOVE – Merrimack Canal reflecting on Boott Mill BELOW – Boott Mill reflected on the Merrimack Canal photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »First Televised Presidential Debate: Kennedy vs Nixon
History.com reminds us that on this day September 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in the city of Chicago. Presidential hopefuls Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off in a television studio to discuss “domestic matters.” Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from…
Read More »Author Andre Dubus, III at Tewksbury Public Library Tomorrow Evening
An Evening with Andre Dubus University of Massachusetts Lowell faculty member and New York Times Best-Selling Author Andre Dubus III will be discussing his latest work – Townie – at the Tewksbury Public Library on Tuesday September 27, 2011 at 6:30pm. A book sale and signing will take place after…
Read More »Frank Rich Shows Up for the Fight
September 26, 2011
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PaulM
Posted in Politics, Election 2012, Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell
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In New York Magazine, political and cultural observer Frank Rich urges President Obama to fight hard for the America he envisions. Read the article here, which I picked up from huffingtonpost.
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