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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 »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 »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 »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 »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…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, opinion writer Maureen Dowd smooches Gov. Andrew Cuomo big-time for what he did. Read her column here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Lowell Senior Center, formerly the City Stable, at 276 Broadway – by Tony Sampas
Read More »Popcorn, that is. The movies. “Pirates,” specifically. The likely conclusion to the highly entertaining and profitable quartet of films from Disney’s fun factory, with an assist from Jerry Bruckheimer. This past Sunday, my wife and I went to the cinema at the Methuen Loop to see Johnny Depp in “Pirates of…
Read More »The capture of James “Whitey” Bulger is the talk of the town. In today’s Boston Globe, writer Don Aucoin reminds us of the books, movies and television shows inspired by the actual and mythic Whitey Bulger. The Boston mystique of “everybody knows your name” evolved into the ruthless, Nicholson-esque imagery.…
Read More »Next Thursday (July 7) at 6:30 pm, the Pollard Memorial Library nonfiction book club will meet in the library’s Community Room to discuss “Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919” by Stephen Puleo. The book has been around for a while – it was published in 2003 –…
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