NYTimes op-ed contributor Timothy Egan sizes up the memoirs of author/political commentator Christopher Hitchens and musician Keith Richards. Read his column here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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Recall that back in August, three professors from Queen’s University in Belfast traveled to Lowell as part of a joint venture with UMass Lowell to do an archaeological dig in front of St Patrick Church. I wrote a post about the dig back then and now I’m trying to assist…
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According to a follow-up story in today’s Eagle-Tribune, there may be more fall-out from the campaign filings and informational disclosures of Paul Adams who won the race to replace current Rep Barry Finegold – and State Senator-elect – in the 17th Essex District. Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh will call upon two…
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This item by reporter Robert Burns is published on today’s HuffingtonPost.com: MANAMA, Bahrain — Hillary Rodham Clinton says her work as U.S. secretary of state will be her final public position. She told an interviewer in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain that she does not plan to run for…
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Combined choirs and volunteer singers will present Handel’s “Messiah,” ending with the “Hallelujah” chorus, tonight at 7.30 pm in Durgin Concert Hall, 35 Wilder Street, UMass Lowell South Campus. Free and open to the public. Parking available in the lot at Wilder and Broadway. Don’t miss this. A brief, informal,…
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Tony Sampas takes some photos from atop the University Ave Bridge.
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I am sure we’ll see this skit many more times. It will surely make the best of Saturday Night Live shows in coming years.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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