This video, put out by the Sean Bielat for Congress campaign, is causing quite a buzz. But there is an even bigger buzz being generated by the insulting remarks made by Ladd Ehlinger, the producer of the YouTube video. Ehlinger said “A television ad, you’re buying all the fat, lazy…
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I wrote this prose sketch in the early 1980s when I was living on Sixth Avenue in Pawtucketville and regularly going to Shaw’s Farm in Dracut to buy fresh milk, ice cream, and other items. Although my first home was on Orleans Street in Centralville, when I was very young…
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Today’s mail brought a flier from the Massachusetts Democratic Party attacking Republican Congressional candidate Jon Golnik for voting in only one election in nine years. The front of the piece (shown above) has a picture of a solitary player on an otherwise empty baseball diamond with the caption “One out…
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Haffner’s Gasoline, by Tony Sampas
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When I took my family’s Boston Terrier out this morning the wind was charging across the South Common and loosening leaves from the trees in big batches. This is the first morning of the fall that feels like winter. We’ve had some light frosts, but this morning the air has…
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Fred Faust shares his reasons for why the Pawtucket Dam shall be preserved: The current conflict between preserving the historic dam at the Pawtucket Falls versus topping it off with a concrete and rubber bladder dam really comes down to this – our nation’s history as opposed to greater profits…
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“A television ad, you’re buying all the fat, lazy people who are too stupid to change the channel or mute the television set during commercials.” Opinion of video producer hired by Congressional candidate Sean Bielat to produce his commercial Sean Bielat, the Republican challenger to Barney Frank in the Fourth…
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Here’s the latest news about music and film producer Jim Sampas, a Lowell native and brother of our brilliant rh.com photographer-in-residence Tony Sampas.–PM (web photo courtesy of metrowestdailynews.com) Jim’s latest project is “Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’,” which came out a few days ago on…
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The Tewksbury Patch has a very interesting story in its business beat section today – “A Novel Cafe: A Novel Idea” – Look for a new store to be opening in the next few weeks at 464 Main St. in Tewksbury. A Novel Café, the brainchild of Marc and Leisa…
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The Beat Museum in San Francisco posted a tribute to Jack Kerouac on his anniversary death day that includes great photos at Kerouac’s grave in Edson Cemetery just after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. Here is the link. Also, today at 6 pm, the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!…
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