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I’m an occasional watcher of the food-focused networks – especially the Cake Boss, Cupcake Wars with an episode or two of Iron Chef or Worst Chefs thrown-in for good measure. Really though – I’m no foodie – yet I do enjoy local restaurant fare from LaBoniche, Cobblestones and Cavaleiro’s to the comfort…
Read More »R. Sargent Shriver – Peace Corps Director, “architect” of the Johnson administration’s War on Poverty dies at 95. Bono, the Irish lead singer of the band U2 and a co-founder of the advocacy group ONE and (Product)RED, is a a regular contributing columnist for The New York Times. Today in his…
Read More »Brian Williams in 2006 reported on the back story of Robert Frost’s poem written for President Kennedy. See the clip of Frost reading and find out what happened. This is our Robert Frost of the Merrimack Valley, who grew up in Lawrence and graduated from Lawrence High School. Here’s the…
Read More »On this day January 20, 1961 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts was sworn-in as the 35th President of the United States. On January 20, 1961, on the newly renovated east front of the United States Capitol, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the…
Read More »The City of Lawrence Fire department has been awarded a $6.6 million grant of Homeland Security funds to rehire laid-off firefighters and perhaps add some new firefighter positions. The announcement was made this evening by US Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. From the Eagle-Tribune: The Lawrence Fire…
Read More »For at least a year, much of my news from Tewksbury and Chelmsford comes from their respective “Patch” sites. Patch.com is part of a nationwide effort by America Online to revive itself. There are 800 different Patch sites around the country with four in the Greater Lowell region: Tewksbury, Chelmsford,…
Read More »From Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch’s “Office of the City Manager Blog” – Last evening, I presented a draft of the adminstration’s strategic goals and objectives before the Personnel Subcommittee. The subcommittee plans to reconvene in two weeks and submit comments and feedback which will be incorporated into the final…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us this morning that founder of the American Antiquarian Society and Revolutionary activist, writer, printer, publisher – Isaiah Thomas was born on January 19, 1749 in Boston, Massachusetts. …in 1749, the Patriot printer Isaiah Thomas was born. In 1770, Thomas established the Massachusetts Spy, the first newspaper…
Read More »Tony Sampas ventured out into yesterday’s snow to photograph the office of the Home Preservation Coalition at 450-58 Merrimack Street, aka “Cottage Row” circa 1830.
Read More »State Senator Barry Finegold has just posted his upcoming District Office Hours: Next Monday – January 24, 2011: Dracut: Dracut Council on Aging, 951 Mammoth Road, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lawrence: Lawrence Senior Center, 155 Haverhill Street, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Andover: Andover Senior Center, 36 Bartlet Street,…
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