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The State Legislature gave the Governor added control over outside agencies including the Massachusetts Film Board. In a move to streamline – and in some cases – shake-up these agencies, the administration removed the Film Office director, Nicholas Paleologos from his position. Some said that Paleologas was targeted for snitching…
Read More »In today’s Globe – award-winning documentary film maker MaryAnn De Leo recalls making the controversial film – “High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell” back in the 90s. DeLeo’s take on the real-life characters from then to now as revealed in academy award contender The Fighter is worth a read. Read De…
Read More »Tony Sampas captured the heavy, wet snowflakes that fell this morning in front of Specialty Materials, Inc. at 1449 Middlesex Street
Read More »With apologies to the makers of the classic surfing film “The Endless Summer,” this post is a complaint about the winter that just won’t quit. This week may be the worst week of the winter, and it’s only Friday. At 8.30 pm the snow is thick in the cold air. The…
Read More »Chancellor Meehan’s Inauguration Ceremony – April 4, 2008 – Members of Congress Niki Tsongas, Edward Markey and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chancellor Marty Meehan, Governor Deval Patrick and Fr. Nicholas Sannella With full credit to Globe senior writer Frank Phillips, here’s his latest story on the Political Intelligence page of Boston.com.…
Read More »Scenes from a sunny French Street in Lowell, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Kim Zunino of the Lowell Historic Board is preparing an inventory of the portraits of former mayors of Lowell. Two portraits, above and below, have yet to be identified. Can anyone help make an ID?
Read More »MassMoments reminds us this morning of the triumph of the 1980 U. S. Hockey team in the Lake Placid Olympic games. The heady win – two days before over the highly heralded Soviet hockey team – may have been one of the most exciting events in American sports. It set up the…
Read More »Tony Sampas shares more photos from the “Power House” at the corner of School and Rock Streets
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog…check it out. Last night, Boston-based web site globalpost.com partnered with WGBH’s Frontline program to document the youth movement that fueled the ouster of Egypt’s longtime president Hosni Mubarak. Half the program explored The Muslim Brotherhood, in a far…
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