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A friend who is enrolled in the Public History graduate program at UMass Boston recently shared the following information about an upcoming lecture that might be of interest to some of our readers. Here’s the information: On this special day of remembrance [Pearl Harbor Day], Dr. Edward T. Linenthal of…
Read More »Columnist E. J. Dionne (from Southeastern Mass.) writes today that US Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California deserves the opportunity to be minority leader in the US House of Rep’s. E. J. makes the case that the woman who is still Speaker of the House can still lead the Democrats. I…
Read More »The incredibly interest rates available these days seem to be benefiting some homeowners. The number of mortgages recorded at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds during October 2010 was 37% percent higher than the number recorded in October 2009 (1508 vs. 1101). This refinancing surge disproportionately is benefiting homeowners in…
Read More »Nothing Gold Can Stay . Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. . —Robert Frost (from “New…
Read More »On the MetroDesk page of the Boston Globe today, Martin Finucane has post a brief black and white clip of then presidential candidate John F. Kennedy speaking before thousands of people in Boston Garden on November 7th – the night before his historic election as President of the United States.…
Read More »The latest edition of the Lowell Spinners Newsletter is out with the announcement that there will be no increase in the ticket price. The 2011 games schedule is set with opening night at LeLacheur Park schedules for Friday June 17, 2011. Can Spring be far behind? Read the full article…
Read More »As Veterans Day approaches, Tony Sampas turns his camera towards some of Lowell’s monuments. Today, “Winged Victory” located on Merrimack Street at Arcand Drive.
Read More »I’m pretty sure this is the same Will Eno who is the son of Atty. Arthur L. and Anne Eno of Westford. He set up shop in NYC as a writer years ago and has had success writing plays. For a while, he published a literary magazine, which I was fortunate enough…
Read More »Another installment in our month-long effort to remember Lowell soldiers who died in the First World War by republishing their obituaries: More About Death of Major Rivet Further information concerning the death of Maj. Douglas Rivet, son of Mrs. Franics P. Rivet of 271 Beacon street, is contained in the…
Read More »This past Tuesday Niki Tsongas won reelection, defeating Republican challenger Jon Golnik, 54% to 42%. Tsongas won 22 of the 29 towns in the Fifth Congressional District and the seven won by Golnik were by relatively small margins (Bolton by 4, Chelmsford by 237, Dracut by 334, Dunstable by 137,…
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