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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. When I used to play pickup basketball there was a rule called “winners stay.” Our economy works a lot like that and…
Read More »For almost twenty years I’ve lived on Highland Street, not far from McDonough Funeral Home, which, like the nearby courthouse, churches, school building, green common, old mill and small businesses, train station, and other houses, represents a piece of the architecture of daily life. If we had a hospital, an art…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Sleazy. Sordid. Tacky. Now, sick. In the wake of the revelation that Congressman Anthony Weiner had sexted a 17-year-old from Delaware, he announced he would take a leave of absence “to focus on becoming a better husband and…
Read More »On this day – June 12, 1944 – John F. Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was first bestowed during the Second World War, although the first recipient is unknown. Perhaps the most famous recipient of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal…
Read More »We have a park on Middlesex Street that is one of the most actively used parks in the city: Clemente Park—Roberto Clemente Park, named for the Hall of Fame outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, one of the most revered Latino sports figures. In today’s NYTimes, Clemente is remembered in contrast…
Read More »“The findings are significant as we will have to change our view on how the Sun interacts with particles, fields and gases from other stars, and this has consequences that reach down to Earth,” commented Arik Posner, Nasa’s Voyager programme scientist. Bbc.com reports that NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977 are…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced their choice for Exceutive Director in this press release: Press Release for Immediate Distribution Greater Lowell Community Foundation Names New Executive Director Lowell, June 10, 2011 – Raymond E. Riddick, an accomplished business and community leader in the Merrimack Valley, has been appointed executive…
Read More »Familar talking news-head and longtime political columnist Howard Fineman now is a big shot at AOL/Huffington Post—editorial director. On 6/9, he wrote about the value of local news and how AOL/HuffPo’s “Patch” affilliates are making a huge contribution to local news gathering. Read his column here.
Read More »Very Rev. John W. Hanley, O.M.I., V.F. Pastor of the Parish of St. William, Tewksbury Massachusetts The United States Province of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has announced the following staff changes at Saint William’s. Father John Hanley, OMI, after almost eight years as Pastor of Saint William’s, has…
Read More »I’m doing research for an essay about hyperlocal blogs like richardhowe.com, and I’d like to hear from people who know of similar blogs that focus deeply on a single place’s culture, politics, and history (the traditional past and moving-target history as it happens). Examples can be single-author blogs or multi-author and be…
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