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The Giants Did GO!
Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle story about Willie Mays’ response to the World Series win.
Read More »“Willie” by Dave Perry
In honor of the victory by the San Francisco Giants in this year’s World Series, former Lowell Sun reporter Dave Perry sent along this contribution: I dreamt of Willie Mays last night. It was the first time in many years Mays’ slightly bowlegged visage showed up in my sleep, but…
Read More »Joy In San Francisco – First World Series Win in 56 Years
Does the joy in San Francisco today remind you of Red Sox Nation in 2004? Check out the San Francisco Chronicle and note these reactions: It took the Giants 19,193 days to bring a World Series championship to San Francisco, five decades of pent-up hope passed through generations that erupted…
Read More »Election Thoughts by Marjorie Arons-Barron
These thoughts were written by Marjorie Arons-Barron yesterday, the day before polls opened, and are being cross posted from Marjorie’s own blog. I’m not given to quoting Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s blog, but, as we embark with certain misgivings on the last 17- hour countdown till the polls open, I note…
Read More »The Greatest of All Human Dreams – America
This is my favorite paragraph from the wonderful novel The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald. In this scene the narrator, Nick Carraway looks across the bay at Long Island, New York, for the last time. Lest we forget on this election day…the great promise of America. And as…
Read More »Native Son Remembered, Paul E. Tsongas, February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997
In a fitting tribute on Election Day, Tony Sampas shares some photos from the permanent exhibition at UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center. “Beyond individual achievement and failure, there is common purpose, shared and inescapable. It is not purpose derived from legislative mandates. It is genetic. It resides in every being because it…
Read More »“Private Manuel Martin Killed in Action” – April 23, 1918
Each day this November, thanks to Eileen Loucraft, a native of Chelmsford, who while researching her family history, became interested in remembering those from Greater Lowell who fought and died in the First World War, we will present a contemporary news story of one such soldier. Today, we learn about…
Read More »Governor Patrick in Lowell today
Governor Deval Patrick made a quick stop in Lowell today, stopping at the Appleton Mills project to shake hands with the many members of the building trades who are working there. Surrounded by hardhats in the midst of the construction site, the Governor pointed to a story in today’s Globe…
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Colbert and Stewart Restore Sanity
Humor has a special power and an ability to deliver an acute message…especially when it comes to political issues. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart proved this Saturday with their “Restore Sanity Rally”. These two may becoming the country’s voices of reason. Here is the video of Colbert’s memorable entrance filmed…
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