Lowell Mayor Jim Milinazzo and some members of the Host Committee welcome delegates to the 2011 Massachusetts State Democratic Convention to Lowell and the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on Saturday June 4, 2011. It is the 5th time since 2000 that Democrats have gathered at the Tsongas!
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Given the brouhaha caused by Sarah Palin’s recent account of the activities of Paul Revere on that famous night of April 18, 1775, I thought it might be helpful to post some information and some links from The Massachusetts Historical Society’s official blog site – The Beehive: Paul Revere’s Ride…
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Formerly the Union National Bank by Tony Sampas
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On this day in history – June 6, 1944 – with the approval of U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe – Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history began. Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the D-Day invasion…
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This is great raw video showing candidate for US Senator Alan Khazei speaking to a group in Lowell over the weekend. Alan Khazei talks about his plan to defeat Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R). Taken at the Tsongas Center, in Lowell, MA as part of the kickoff to the 2011…
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Here is the first campaign video I have seen on YouTube this year. It was posted by sidneyliang and supports the candidacy of Vesna Nuon for Lowell City Council. If you know of any other candidate videos let me know (in the comment section) and I’ll be happy to post…
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Taking a page from my colleague Dick Howe’s book, I offer this photo of the 1980 Lowell School Committee. Can you identify the members? Who was the Mayor?
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Here’s a fine example of what’s wrong with the national Republican party. Read this guest column in the NYTimes by Peter A. Diamond, an economics professor at MIT and Nobel Prize winner.
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On this day June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was assassinated in Los Angeles after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Shortly after midnight – after winning the California primary election for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, Kennedy was shot as he walked…
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In her opionion column in today’s NYTimes, Maureen Dowd writes about the child-abuser priests in Ireland and a hero among the clergy, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, which reminded me of a dramatic moment in Jack Neary’s play “The Porch.” I hope many of our readers were able to see the Actors Inc.…
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