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Another in our series on past election results – see the “Elections” link in the upper right corner for more statistics. The Massachusetts Presidential primary was held on March 2, 1976. The Republicans had a two man race: Incumbent Gerald Ford and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. In the Massachusetts…
Read More »No, this is not Brew’d Awakening on Market Street on a Thursday night. It’s Syria. The NTimes online today has a lead story on a literary freedom outpost in Damascas, where poets and writers stand up and speak freely at the House of Poetry, where the posters on the wall…
Read More »Acclaimed author Russell Banks will talk about Jack Kerouac and read from his own fiction on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. His novels include “Continental Drift,” “Affliction,” “Cloudsplitter,” and “The Reserve.” A book-signing will follow. Admission is free for students and seniors;…
Read More »Kevin Landrigan is a Nashua Telegraph columnist. His column appears in the Sunday paper. He is described by the paper’s website as “The Telegraph’s Eyes and Ears in Concord.” Former Lowell Sun staffer Kevin Landrigan is one of my favorite Sunday reads in the Nashua Telegraph. For many years now…
Read More »An Irish passport circa 1924 – from the City Hall Attic treasure trove. In today’s Lowell Sun writer Jen Myers and photograher Dave Brow give us a glimpse into the treasures locked away in the attic of Lowell’s City Hall. From my perspective and interest in Lowell history, I see tackling…
Read More »The NYTimes today reports that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg may become an important factor in the mid-term election coming in November. He is backing candidates from both major parties whom he believes are sensible persons capable of compromise in the interest of solving problems and moving the nation forward. Read…
Read More »Even after completing six public hearings – including one in Methuen in the the Merrimack Valley – AG Martha Coakley will continue to accept comments from the public. Jill Butterworth, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office said that she could not comment on the letter sent by the Healthcare Access…
Read More »The following entry is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It may not be politically correct to support the exclusion of Jill Stein from the WTTK gubernatorial debate, as in, who are the media to determine that a candidate doesn’t cross the threshold of credibility. Remembering how soft…
Read More »Bob Herbert of the NYTimes has been consistent in his effort to call attention to the economic devastation at the ground level of our society. People at the low end of the income ladder have taken and continue to take a beating in this unsettled economy. Read his column today, and…
Read More »George Parks, the dynamic 57-year old leader of the UMass Minutemen marching band for the past 33 years, died suddenly Thursday night while en route to Michigan with the band for today’s UMass at Michigan football game. The 400 member band had just performed at a high school in Ohio…
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