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Irish Micky Ward and Mark Wahlberg Boston Herald sports and boxing writer Ron Borges has a timely interview with Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward in today’s edition. In a few days Paramount Pictures will release the long-awaited, shot-in-Lowell movie about Ward and his fighting career culminating (in the movie) with his victory…
Read More »In my post of 11/29 about the Celebrate Giving philanthropy event of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, set for 12/6, I listed the many Philanthropist Level Sponsors of the event but somehow missed acknowledging the prime event sponsor, Enterprise Bank (EB). My apology to the folks at Enterprise Bank and…
Read More »Catching up on accumulated dead-tree newspapers from the past few days, I found a greater-than-usual collection of interesting stories. Here’s a sampling: Fox versus Fox The New York Times reports on how the animated Fox television program, The Simpsons, has taken several shots at its corporate companions, Fox News. One…
Read More »The media has been full of stories today about the press conference held by NASA to announce a paper published in Science. They haven’t done a very good job of explaining what scientists have found, so I’d like to try to clear some things up. I’d also like to use…
Read More »With a win over Stonehill College in Kentucky today, the women field hockey players of UMass Lowell earned a place in the national championship game on Saturday. Get the details on today’s game and info on the championship game coming up here courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics. UML’s Katie Enaire…
Read More »Andrew Dreyfus, the new CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield, described a new cost-saving plan for employers and comsumers during a speech he gave on Wednesday to the South Shore Chamber of Commerce in Randolph. In an attempt to rein-in costs, Blue Cross Blue Sheils of Massachusetts has developed the Hospital…
Read More »Tony Sampas views Lowell City Hall by night in early December. “Peace on Earth”
Read More »This Saturday (December 4) anytime between 9 am and 11 am, everyone is invited to stop by Top Donut at 700 Aiken Street in Lowell (at intersection with VFW Highway, just across the river from Lelacheur Park) for a Greater Lowell Blogger Meet-up. It’s just an opportunity for folks who,…
Read More »Higher education is the life’s blood of the economy in Massachusetts, so it’s no surprise that stories about searches, salaries, rankings and more are constantly in the news. While much of the focus lately seems to be on replacing the presidents at the University of Massachusetts, Suffolk University and the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. By all accounts, Marty Meehan has done a terrific job at UMass Lowell, expanding the campus, lifting academic standards, sharpening connections with the business community, raising funds and enhancing the overall brand of the university. Not surprising then…
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