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Signs of Lowell – Spaghettiville
Two views of “Spaghettiville” by Tony Sampas
Read More »Tsongas v Golnik debate tonight
Niki Tsongas and Jon Golnik participated in a debate tonight at the Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford. While the debate format, questions and management left much to be desired, the event made abundantly clear that the candidates have two very different philosophies of government and society. I’ll reiterate…
Read More »Suffolk University President Abruptly Retires Today
The Boston Herald is reporting that longtime Suffolk University President David Sargent unexpectedly and abruptly retired today. Nearly eighty, Sargent was expected to retire when his contract expired in 2013. That has led to much speculation about his successor. In fact, a search team of Suffolk University trustees is in place…
Read More »Newspaper for sale
Boston.com is reporting that a Massachusetts-based limited liability corporation called “2100 Trust” has made an offer to purchase the Boston Globe from its present owner, the New York Times Company.
Read More »No Comments Please!
Three publications of Maine Today – the Portland Press Herald, the Kennebec Journal (Augusta) and the Morning Sentinel (Waterville) – will until further notice not allow any on-line comments on stories posted on the respective websites. The AP is reporting this comment: MaineToday Media CEO Richard Connor said what was aimed…
Read More »Lowell Street Signs
Some street signs from around Lowell, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Its Getting Frightening
In my post yesterday I mentioned how I thought this was one CRAZY election year…and the video below only goes to prove what I am feeling. Here Republican candidate for US Senate Christine O’Donnell spars with her opponent over whether the Constitution addresses the separation of church and state. This…
Read More »Texas City Councilor on Teen Bullying
A reader sent the following to me via email: Not sure if this is something you’d post on your blog but I thought it was honorable and gutsy for a City Councilor to speak up and speak out about teen bullying and suicide. It’s a topic I don’t think is…
Read More »“No on Question 2” by John Edward
John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, recently urged readers to vote NO on Question 1 in the upcoming state election. Today he tackles Question 2 concerning the state’s 40B affordable housing law.…
Read More »Thoughts on Eric Rosengren’s talk
Mike Luciano, a regular reader of and sometime contributor to this site also attended the lecture by Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren yesterday which I wrote about earlier. Mike comments on Rosengren’s remarks follow: On Monday, Boston Federal Reserve President, Eric Rosengren gave a talk at the UMass Lowell Inn…
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