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Read More »Tewksbury Public Library Hosts UML Professor Forrant in “100 Author” Series ~ September 30, 2013
September 25, 2013
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Authors Professor Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell and Susan Grabski of the Lawrence History Center) will discuss their book – “Lawrence and the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike” on Monday morning, September 30, 2013 from10:30am – 12:00pm at the Tewksbury Public Library. There will be a book selling and signing afterwards for…
Read More »Lowell City Council Preliminary Election Results
A total of 6696 of 55,708 registered voters (12%) cast their ballots in today’s primary election. Here are the results: 1. Rita Mercier – 3681 2. Rodney Elliott – 2764 3. Bill Martin – 2748 4. Dan Rourke – 2704 5. Ed Kennedy – 2652 6. Jim Milinazzo – 2541…
Read More »Report on Lowell City Council meeting of Sept 24, 2013
Long ago there was an unwritten rule that councilors would refrain from placing motions on the agenda on election night so they could get back out and meet the last few voters of the day. For good or for ill that tradition ended a while ago. Tonight there are eleven…
Read More »National Postal Museum & the Medal of Honor
This past weekend I traveled to Washington with family members from near and far to attend a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum that involved stamp collecting and the Medal of Honor. My mother’s cousin, Lowell-native David H. McNerney, was awarded the Medal of Honor on September 19, 1968…
Read More »The Video
The video has become a requirement in today’s campaign world. Most local campaigns are all about social media, too. Not everyone makes full use of the options on the web, but more often than not the candidates are going digital. It was a ground-breaking move when local candidates started making…
Read More »The Stand Out
In this space I’ve written about the house party and the “time” as building blocks of a political campaign. Another staple of any campaign is the “stand out.” Some people call this “holding signs,” and the insiders refer to this activity as “viz” or “doing a visibility.” The stand out…
Read More »A “Don’t Miss” Event this Saturday for Lowell and Greater Lowell Locavores!
UMass Lowell Teach-In ~ The Syrian Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?
UMass Lowell’s Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture is sponsoring a Teach-In on the “Crisis in Syria” and the public is invited. SYRIAN CRISIS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Teach-In at UMass Lowell Tuesday, October 1 2:00 – 3:15pm O’Leary Library 222 Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Welcome …
Read More »Seamus Connolly ~ 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellow
This week master traditional Irish musician and master fiddler Seamus Connolly will be honored as a 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Well-known locally – Lowellians and longtime Lowell Folk Festival goers have enjoyed Séamus Connolly’s amazing talent as well as his warmth and down-to-earth charm. Just down the road at Boston College,…
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