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Freshening up the stripes
Freshening up the stripes, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »‘Softball Game, Down East Maine’
Here’s another softball poem from the vault. This one was first published in the literary journal “Kennebec” at the University of Maine, Augusta. I spent many summer days in Maine during the 1970s and ’80s, visiting a friend who lived near Ellsworth. I brought this poem to a writing workshop…
Read More »Middlesex Community College Gobal
I found the entry below from the Middlesex Community College Blog a fascinating story of a remarkable young man from Tewksbury. Below I reposted the entry in it entirety… What follows is the story of Mark Tibbetts of Tewksbury, a 2010 Liberal Studies graduate of Middlesex who is now a…
Read More »UMass Sammy Macy Wins D-2 Athlete of the Year
Honda recognized UMass Lowell Field Hockey star Sammy Macy as Division II Athlete of the Year. Macy ended her amazing career racking up 91 goals and 38 assists. The award brings a $5,000 donation to women’s sports at UMass Lowell. Below Macy speaks about the award she received at the…
Read More »‘Cassini-Huygens’
I wrote this sketch several years ago just after the Fourth of July. The Cassini-Huygens space probe, according to Wikipedia, “entered into orbit around Saturn in July 2004,” and it is expected to transmit data about Saturn and its moons until 2017. In January 2005, the vehicle landed on the…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Signatures to Trigger Lantigua Recall Effort
Essex Dam on the Merrimack River in Lawrence Massachusetts The mayoral term of William Lantigua could be “water over the dam” if the petition for his recall is successful. The Eagle-Tribune is reporting that the citizen group collecting signatures to recall Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua is ready to start the…
Read More »Pawtucket Dam Issue Continues to be a “Hot Topic”
The recent rather positive statement from FERC – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – about ENEL’s $6 million proposed bladder dam project for the Pawtucket Dam was detailed in a Lowell Sun story by Jen Myers followed by a soft “let everyone sit down and talk” editorial. The letter has…
Read More »Lowell Streets and Roadwork Continues
Travelers around the city find many streets and roads under some kind of work order or reconstruction. Some work is related to water department projects – others to upgrading of streets in tough condition. And then there’s the bridge work. Over on the City Manager’s blog here, there’s an explanation…
Read More »Lowell Hospital Chief Looks for Some Intervention
The state’s Division of Health Care Finance & Policy (DHCFP) is holding a series of presentations, speeches and panel discussions this week in regards to health care cost trends reports and cost containment efforts. Globe staff writer Liz Kowalczyk covered yesterday’s healthcare costs hearing and is reporting that some hospital…
Read More »‘Jimmy Allen at the Library of Congress’
Last week, one day around suppertime I was walking our family’s Boston Terrier on the South Common and I had what I can only describe as a sense memory. The strong sun, bright sky, dry air, grass underfoot, and voices bouncing through the park made me think that the evening was perfect…
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