Menu
Perhaps it’s the fact that this is the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s election as President of the United States in November of 1960 and it’s the nostaliga factor or maybe not, but John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States – remains – according to a Gallup Poll…
Read More »Tony Sampas photographs the former Saint Jean Baptiste Church, still for sale on Merrimack Street.
Read More »At 11:00 this morning, I’ll walk over to the Hall of Flags at Lowell Memorial Auditorium where the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will conduct its annual Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony. Sixty-nine years ago today, the aircraft of the Japanese Navy attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. By…
Read More »After a series of late nights and early mornings, I decided to skip last night’s Patriots’ game. But at 8:20 pm, I found myself still at my computer so I flicked on the TV and decided to watch the first half. The Pats looked terrific and were way out ahead,…
Read More »As we approach the “gift giving” season, this advise giving video becomes acutely important, especially for men. Have a good laugh…from bewareofthedoghouse1
Read More »The recent report issued by the Donahue Institute at UMass Boston, reinforces the view that the defense industry is a critical element of the Merrimack Vally and Commonwealth of Massachusetts economy. Raytheon is a heavy duty employer in the state – with a workforce over over 13,000 – with many…
Read More »Sunday, holiday elves treated Billerica residents to a visit from Santa and a wonderful tree lighting…below heidi1361 captures some of these special moment for us.
Read More »“From the low-lit fastnesses of my study, I looked solemnly at the newspaper headlines. On my desk, its brown pigeon-holes stuffed with ledger, manuscripts, sheet, inkwell, sentimental token . . . . on this desk of mine I lay the screaming visage of a Hearst tabloid—it said: JAPAN DECLARES WAR…
Read More »Read Shaughnessy’s giddy account of the Monday night game from boston.com. web photo courtesy of boston.com and Jim Davis, Globe
Read More »I spent $40 this morning to fill up with regular gas at about $3 per gallon at the XtraMart on Gorham Street, near the courthouse. Humorist Lewis Black might say, What the F#&*%! Did I miss a new oil embargo, or did China buy up all the crude last week for…
Read More »