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One of our occasional contributors who tracks money, politics, sports, pop culture, Lowelliana, and his own dreamlife (a la Jean-Louis K.) is on special assignment for rh.com while the First Family tries to get a moment of tranquility on “the Island.” Our man on the scene Ray LaPorte from Pawtucketville Nation will file regular posts…
Read More »Politics Editor Glen Johnson had posted on his Boston Globe “Political Intelligence” site that Elizabeth Warren has filed the necessary paperwork to form an exploratory campaign committee for the US Senate. This is a necessary legal step needed to “test the waters” for a run allowing a would-be candidate to…
Read More »My wife and I did the be-a-tourist-in-your-own-state thing again yesterday as part of our “stay-cation” approach this summer. We started and ended our day in Andover, but spent most of the bright blue-sky day in Boston, which looked very good in the parts we visited. Boston King Coffee on Main Street…
Read More »Room installation Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903 Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood Gift of Charles Lang Freer A note in today’s Lowell Sun tells us that the famed and now restored “Peacock Room” in the Freer Gallery of…
Read More »Forbes magazine and website published its latest list of highest-earning authors, topped by James Patterson at $84 million for the past 12 months. I picked up this bulletin from bbc.com. See the top ten here. New Englander Stephen King made third place with $28 million. Note to self: Poets not found on…
Read More »With August half done, here’s a glance at some local real estate statistics. Anyone with an internet connection can do a similar analysis. Just go to the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds website, click on the yellow “search” box then the “document” tab and select the document type and the…
Read More »Development of “Mile of Mills” Riverwalk along the Lowell Canalway in Lowell – $1 million boston.com is reporting that Massachusetts has received $6.1M from the Federal Highway Administration for 12 projects across the state, including $1M for additional work on the Canalway in Lowell. Read the full article by Matt…
Read More »Smith Baker Center – high and low – photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »[youtube]Z195iu2DUmE[/youtube] Here’s a pretty good commercial launched by the Tim Pawlenty for President campaign just before he dropped out of the race after his third place finish in the Ames, Iowa Republican straw poll on Saturday. While Pawlenty, before his exit, was pandering to the extremists who dominate the nomination…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. ******** Now that we have the debt ceiling crisis resolved… Before leaving on vacation in late July, I penned that opening to…
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