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Along Moody Street

August 7, 2013 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

Photo by Tony Sampas

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Cape Cod National Seashore ~ signed into law by JFK on August 7, 1961

August 7, 2013 by Marie Posted in Politics, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

There’s always that Lowell connection! George Price – current Superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park was formerly a Deputy Superintendent in Lowell. Today MassMoments reminds us that it was on this day fifty years ago – August 7, 1961 that President John F. Kennedy signed the bill authorizing the…

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Primary Predictions

August 7, 2013 by DickH Posted in Election 2013, Uncategorized 4 Comments

Sorry but I’m not going to make any order-of-finish predictions for the city council primary. The headline was just a cheap trick to get you to read this post. I do have some thoughts on the fact that there will be a primary, assuming a few of the 21 individuals…

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Larry Summers for the Fed? Spare us by Marjorie Arons-Barron

August 7, 2013 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

The entry below is cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Federal Reserve may not be the center of the solar system, but it is a key inflection point in American politics and, through its interest rate policies, can have a profound impact on the nation’s economy. The Fed…

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from John McPhee’s introduction to Thoreau’s ‘A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers’

August 7, 2013 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

“… Just as he describes it, the Concord narrows dramatically and shallows out over a ‘yellow pebbly bottom’ as it approaches the falls in Billerica, where the Thoreaus went off on the Middlesex Canal and where Kaz and I were to rendezvous with my wife, Yolanda Whitman, in her Odyssey.…

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‘Smokestack Chair’ by Richard Marion

August 7, 2013 by PaulM Posted in Culture Leave a Comment

“Smokestack Chair” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net    

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Steve Gendron for School Committee website

August 6, 2013 by DickH Posted in Election 2013 2 Comments

Above is a screen shot of the new Steve Gendron for Lowell School Committee website. You can find the actual website is here. Steve’s Twitter account (which is here), announces that he will be a guest on WCAP radio tomorrow morning at 8:15. Below is a portion of the “About…

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Health and Social Sciences Building UMass Lowell, South Campus

August 6, 2013 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

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Learn More about Gaming and Gambling as allowed in Massachusetts

August 6, 2013 by Marie Posted in Politics 2 Comments

  A row of “Wheel of Fortune” slot machines in a casino in Las Vegas. This specific slot machine is themed to the TV game show Wheel of Fortune. With the Legislature allowing the licensing of three casinos and one Slots/casino for Massachusetts, you might want to learn more about…

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‘Red Swirls’ by Richard Marion

August 6, 2013 by PaulM Posted in Culture Leave a Comment

  “Red Swirls” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net  

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