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Dropkick Murphys @ Umass Tsongas Center
Performing at the Tsongas Center at Umass Lowell Saturday night the Dropkick Murphys end the show with Shipping Up To Boston. This video was originally posted by r2baar
Read More »Gates & Jobs (Steve);Degrees & Careers: NYTimes Debate
This is interesting. Follow the “Room for Debate” topic of the day on career counseling from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Read the feature here, and buy the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Lowell High Photography Blog
A group of talented Lowell High students taking an after school photography class conducted by noted area photographer John Boutselis have posted their photos online. From time to time I’ll be posting some of their work here. Below is “Church Street Bridge, Winter”
Read More »Tewksbury’s “FivePack Live” Parody
I first read about the Tewksbury parody band FivePack Live in the Tewksbury Patch (thanks). The band features Tewksbury residents JJ Heider, Mike Daley, Amanda Kozik and Joe Vitale. FivePack Live has posted four parody music videos on YouTube and is catching. Most of the bands videos are racking up…
Read More »‘Thaw’ by Marie Louise St. Onge
Poet Marie Louise St. Onge, who has deep roots in Lowell’s French Canadian-American community, sent this poem from Maine.—PM . Thaw . The Merrimack loosed from the jaws of late March speeds by high. And dark smooth currents run fast not like a steed whose head is high mane and tail…
Read More »“Picking Winners and Losers” by John Edward
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. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a government agency described as “the state’s venture capital firm.” I can’t put my finger on it,…
Read More »Warren Christopher, 1925-2011
I was sad to see the obituary of Warren Christopher the other day. Christopher served our country in many capacities over the decades, from being a Naval officer in World War Two to Secretary of State in the Clinton Administration. Always exuding decency and dignity, Christopher was an admirable public…
Read More »Spring, Day One, Midlands
Out walking this morning with my brother in the middle zone of the Highands, looping around Penniman, outer Cupples Square, Liberty, Calvary Baptist Church, South Walker, Shaw, Eastern Electrical Repair, the Morey School, our one-and-only urban glacier monument, and the Donut Shack. Strong sunshine even with weather reports calling for some amount of snow…
Read More »Eagle Tribune investigation of Lawrence agency leader
Today’s Eagle Tribune has a major story about the work habits of Philip F. Laverriere Sr., the executive director of the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council since 1974. According to the story, this nonprofit agency is now a $30 million-a-year operation “funded almost entirely by federal and state tax dollars.”…
Read More »Dropkick Murphys visit Cobblestones
Scott Plath of Cobblestones has a blog called “SPLATH! Random Raves of a Restranteur” to which I’ve tardily added a link in our blogroll in the right hand column. Scott has a great post about last night at the restaurant. A night already busy due to the pre-concert crowd that…
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