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The sign board at Stevens and Parker Streets in the Highlands now reads STEVENS ST WORK COMPLETED; THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. Although I live nearby, I managed to avoid that area during the July-long construction period. The road now looks great: a smooth stretch of deep black hot top…
Read More »Accompanied by world-class guitarist Shane Fontayne and occasional vocals by Amy Correia, the masterful Marc Cohn lifted up the full-house audience at Boarding House Park with his stellar compositions like “Walking in Memphis,” “Silver Thunderbird,” and “True Companion” as well as beautifully rendered covers of a handful of hits from 1970…
Read More »I found out about the Anti-Defamation League’s decision to oppose the proposed construction of a mosque and community center two blocks from Ground Zero on Paul Krugman’s blog yesterday. He was incensed, attacking the ADL for hypocrisy. After reading the front page New York Times article this morning, I was…
Read More »Here’s another state election summary. I try to add a new one every few days but it will be a long time until our state election pages catch up with the 45 years of city election results we maintain on our Elections page. Here’s what happened in the 2000 state…
Read More »This morning I noticed that Greg Mankiw had posted a link on his blog to an issue summary from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that was published four days ago. It can be found here. The report is entitled “Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis.” If you…
Read More »For all those alums and devotees of Boston College, Holy Cross, Fordham, Canisius, Georgetown, St. Mary’s of Halifax, Wheeling Jesuit University (to which Fr. Jim Fleming, S.J. of Lowell has just been assigned) and the many other Jesuit colleges and universities – a reminder that today July 31st is the feast day of…
Read More »From the Massachusetts Cultural Council: “Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill into law yesterday that allows communities to create state-sponsored cultural districts to stimulate new arts and cultural activity and attract creative businesses. The law directs the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) to create a new program that designates local districts…
Read More »It’s not often that I recommend articles (or anything else) from the local newspaper, but Rita Savard has an excellent and timely piece today about the adverse impact of credit scores on the home mortgage market. For months lawyers and others in real estate have told me of potential home…
Read More »Huge show last night with Indigo Girls. Can you say “the” Indigo Girls? I have a memory that they say “Indigo Girls,” not “the” for some reason. Can anyone clarify? Indigo dye was used to dye cloth blue in the Lowell mills. Anyway… huge show last night. The blankets and…
Read More »Because one of the Caritas Christi hospitals – Holy Family Hospital in Methuen – serves a good portion of the Merrimack Valley population I have posted a number of times about the impending take-over of this non-profit by the equity firm – Cerebus. On the blog Health Care for All –…
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