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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…
Read More »Supressed Parishes Including Lowell’s Ste. Jeanne d’Arc Church Entreat the Pope
The head of the Council of Parishes that represents the nine supressed parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston has presented an appeal directly to the Pope asking for a reversal of Vatican approval of these closures. In an unusual – even historic move – according to a Council press release:…
Read More »David McNerney funeral
One of his former co-workers in the US Customs service has produced an excellent and moving video and a slide show of Medal of Honor recipient David McNerney’s funeral from this past Saturday: [youtube]MMjoz8abBtE[/youtube] [youtube]CLG0ZWUczgY[/youtube]
Read More »Eric Rosengren of Boston Fed in Lowell
Yesterday I joined 120 others at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center for a talk by Eric Rosengren, President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The event was co-sponsored by UML and the Parker Lectures. The formal portion of this hour-long talk was “How Should Monetary Policy…
Read More »On the Road with Ali
Mehmed Ali was once a familiar man-about-town in Lowell, but now he is more like a man-about-world, having been in Iraq working for the US government for the past two years. He is back in the area for a few days on a short break from his assignment with the Provincial Reconstruction…
Read More »Sun Reports on Fed Chief’s Talk at ICC
October 19, 2010
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Andrea Gregory of the Sun today reported on Monday’s talk about the current state of the economy and future prospects by Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The Lunchtime Lectures program at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center was co-sponsored by the Parker Lectures, UMass Lowell, and Middlesex Community…
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