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Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, State Senator Eileen Donoghue, and former State Senator Steve Panagiotakos visited the Ed Markey for Senate headquarters in Lowell earlier tonight to remind volunteers of the importance of their efforts in the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) phase of the campaign which begins tomorrow. The plan is…
Read More »The following is cross-posted from the LowellDeeds blog: The long talked-about sale of 305 Gorham Street, a portion of the lot where St. Peter’s Church formerly stood, by Cooney Development LLC to the Coalition for a Better Acre was recorded today. The former rectory of St. Peter’s parish will remain…
Read More »Where does this expression come from? So-and-so pulled papers to run for some political office. A Google search yields a bunch of references in Massachusetts newspapers. Revere. Waltham. This expression describes the act of requesting nomination-signature forms for a certain political office from the appropriate official in a town or…
Read More »Congratulations to University of Massachusetts Lowell for being ranked by Business Insider as the most underrated college in America. To obtain these rankings, Business Insider plotted U.S. News’ ranking of the best colleges against PayScale’s mid-career salary rank. Here’s what was said about UML (with the full report HERE): Located…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It was originally post on June Last night’s Senate debate between Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez was a schoolyard scramble to see who could make the “old and stale” label stick. Gomez says it’s Markey who’s old and stale because…
Read More »Today’s Eagle-Tribune is reporting that former State Senator Jim Jajuga is among those who pulled papers for the fall 2013 Methuen City Council race. In our chat at State Senator Barry Finegold’s event last week, Jim certainly seemed primed and ready to return to the active, day-to-day politics of Methuen. In…
Read More »The city’s newest park was officially dedicated tonight. Named for the founder of the Enterprise Bank & Trust Company, George L. Duncan Park sits alongside the bank’s main branch at the corner of Merrimack and Shattuck Streets. More of a public art installation than a greenspace, the Park was designed…
Read More »In a rare G-rated performance, comedian Lewis Black gives a funny yet profound commencement address at this year’s University of California at San Diego commencement. [youtube]YHzTUhkpxdk[/youtube]
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