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The President checks out an 8th grader’s air cannon which shoots marshmallows 175 feet. We could have some fun with this thing. [youtube]Reimvk8D2Ho[/youtube]
Read More »National GOP in Disarray; President Obama Consolidating Message, Support, & Resources
February 8, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Election 2012
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Since I’m not a party member, I’ve been watching the Republican presidential nomination contest as an interested audience member—it has been a show, but one with profound consequences. Hearing the morning radio news about former US Sen Rick Santorum winning three states last night confirmed was I was sensing from…
Read More »Dickens and Middlesex Community College
Happy bicentennial birthday wishes to one of the most famous visitors ever to Middlesex Community College, Mr. Charles Dickens himself! That is the first sentence of a wonderful entry about the famous author Charles Dickens’ visit to Lowell posted on the Middlesex Community College blog. Its titled… “The Dickens, You…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery: headstone of African-American Civil War Sailor
Lowell Cemetery, headstone of African American Civil War sailor Walker Lewis “LANDSMAN US NAVY USS RHODE ISLAND MAY 7 1839 APR 18 1901”. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Meanderings of February 7, 2012, by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares some thoughts on life, the Patriots and politics Somewhere between my awareness of our light grip on life, my empathy for the Syrian people, and my understanding of our never-ending quest for knowledge (the Great Satchmo had it just right when he said that our…
Read More »Don’t Take the Train Away
I was encouraged by the large crowd that gathered last evening in the City Council chamber to speak against proposed decreases in train service to Lowell and increases in the cost of riding the train. As I said at the public hearing, it is mind boggling to think that in 2012…
Read More »Mediocre Bowl
This isn’t sour grapes. I’ve watched some or all of every Super Bowl. Unless you are a fervent Giants fan, you probably agree with me that last night’s game was mediocre. Aside from the 96-yard drive to a TD by Brady and friends and that fantastic sideline catch made by…
Read More »Best of the Best..Michael Jackson Super Bowl Half-Time Show
Without question my favorite super bowl half-time show is Michael Jackson’s incredible performance in 1993. Take a look… What’s yours?
Read More »Public Hearing on proposed MBTA cuts
Monday night (February 6, 2012) from 5 pm to 7 pm at the City Council chambers at Lowell City Hall (375 Merrimack Street), the MBTA will hold a public hearing on the fee increase and service cutbacks to commuter rail that have been proposed to help balance the T’s budget.…
Read More »Lowell as the ‘Next Great Arts Hub’: Boston Magazine
Matthew Reed Baker of Boston Daily/Boston Magazine this week blogged about the prospect of Lowell being the “next great arts hub.”
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