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Tomorrow night Austin Prep High School will honor the late Paul Sullivan of WBZ and the Lowell Sun. Paul graduated from Austin in 1975 and went on to become a well known radio talk show host and newspaper columnist. The event sponsored by the class of 1975 is titled “Remembering…
Read More »Early reports from Chile are encouraging, according to the NYTimes. (web photo courtesy of NYT)
Read More »Methuen resident Vincent Spada has published his first book of poems, “One Under the Sun” (Brambleby Books). Interestingly, the Hartfordshire, England-based publisher specializes in books on natural history and poetry. The author works in a Salvation Army Thrift Store. To order the book, visit www.brambleby.co.uk. Following is a sample of…
Read More »Growing up, at least once a week in the summertime my family would load up the station wagon, pickup my grandmother, and cross the School Street Bridge to the north side of the Merrimack River so we could enjoy some Glennie’s Ice Cream (now the site of Heritage Ice Cream…
Read More »The second poll of the evening. This one by a group calling itself Public Policy Polling Company. It was a quicky automated survey on the Massachusetts Attorney General’s race between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Jim McKenna. Here’s what was asked: Do you view Martha Coakley favorably or unfavorably? Do…
Read More »Usually we let the answering machine handle the “out of area” calls but tonight we picked up and ended up taking an automated poll from Rasmussen. Here are the questions that were asked: Is the country on the right track? Is Obama doing a good job? If the election were…
Read More »Boston Globe writer Robert Weisman tells us today to expect the Massachusetts Public Health Council – a panel of doctors, consumer advocates and public health specialist – important stakeholders – to follow staff recommendations to approve a license for each of the six hospitals in the Caritas Christi Health Care system. These…
Read More »How well do you know Lowell? Answers tomorrow. 11) What was the previous name for the Harvard Brewery before 1898? 12) What was the original name of the street that runs in front of the main area of the North Campus of the University of Massachusetts Lowell? 13) Which Lowell…
Read More »Yesterday’s Globe had an interview with Dr. David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner who has just written a book called “The End of Overeating.” Kessler maintains that America’s obesity epidemic is caused primarily by two things: (1) humans have an “innate drive to eat sugar, salt, and fat” and (2)…
Read More »Tony Sampas shows us what Lowell is built of . . .
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