Read columnist Eugene Robinson’s opinion piece in today’s Washington Post. He wonders what’s really got the anti-Democrat, anti-federal government crowd so worked up, and concludes that it is because President Obama is “different.”
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Outgoing Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana writes in the NYTimes that Democrats at the national level must be more aggressive about rebuilding the economy and controlling the federal budget in order to address the main concerns of the public and regain political momentum. Read his opinion here, and get…
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Here’s a press release from the office of City Manager Bernie Lynch reporting that a contract agreement has been reached between the city and the Lowell Police Patrolman’s Union. Lowell Patrolman’s Union and City Reach Contract Agreement Lowell, MA- The City of Lowell and its Lowell Patrolman’s Union, Local 10…
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Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle story about Willie Mays’ response to the World Series win.
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In honor of the victory by the San Francisco Giants in this year’s World Series, former Lowell Sun reporter Dave Perry sent along this contribution: I dreamt of Willie Mays last night. It was the first time in many years Mays’ slightly bowlegged visage showed up in my sleep, but…
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Does the joy in San Francisco today remind you of Red Sox Nation in 2004? Check out the San Francisco Chronicle and note these reactions: It took the Giants 19,193 days to bring a World Series championship to San Francisco, five decades of pent-up hope passed through generations that erupted…
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These thoughts were written by Marjorie Arons-Barron yesterday, the day before polls opened, and are being cross posted from Marjorie’s own blog. I’m not given to quoting Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s blog, but, as we embark with certain misgivings on the last 17- hour countdown till the polls open, I note…
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This is my favorite paragraph from the wonderful novel The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald. In this scene the narrator, Nick Carraway looks across the bay at Long Island, New York, for the last time. Lest we forget on this election day…the great promise of America. And as…
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In a fitting tribute on Election Day, Tony Sampas shares some photos from the permanent exhibition at UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center. “Beyond individual achievement and failure, there is common purpose, shared and inescapable. It is not purpose derived from legislative mandates. It is genetic. It resides in every being because it…
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Each day this November, thanks to Eileen Loucraft, a native of Chelmsford, who while researching her family history, became interested in remembering those from Greater Lowell who fought and died in the First World War, we will present a contemporary news story of one such soldier. Today, we learn about…
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