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Three publications of Maine Today – the Portland Press Herald, the Kennebec Journal (Augusta) and the Morning Sentinel (Waterville) – will until further notice not allow any on-line comments on stories posted on the respective websites. The AP is reporting this comment: MaineToday Media CEO Richard Connor said what was aimed…
Read More »Some street signs from around Lowell, by Tony Sampas
Read More »In my post yesterday I mentioned how I thought this was one CRAZY election year…and the video below only goes to prove what I am feeling. Here Republican candidate for US Senate Christine O’Donnell spars with her opponent over whether the Constitution addresses the separation of church and state. This…
Read More »A reader sent the following to me via email: Not sure if this is something you’d post on your blog but I thought it was honorable and gutsy for a City Councilor to speak up and speak out about teen bullying and suicide. It’s a topic I don’t think is…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, recently urged readers to vote NO on Question 1 in the upcoming state election. Today he tackles Question 2 concerning the state’s 40B affordable housing law.…
Read More »Mike Luciano, a regular reader of and sometime contributor to this site also attended the lecture by Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren yesterday which I wrote about earlier. Mike comments on Rosengren’s remarks follow: On Monday, Boston Federal Reserve President, Eric Rosengren gave a talk at the UMass Lowell Inn…
Read More »The head of the Council of Parishes that represents the nine supressed parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston has presented an appeal directly to the Pope asking for a reversal of Vatican approval of these closures. In an unusual – even historic move – according to a Council press release:…
Read More »One of his former co-workers in the US Customs service has produced an excellent and moving video and a slide show of Medal of Honor recipient David McNerney’s funeral from this past Saturday: [youtube]MMjoz8abBtE[/youtube] [youtube]CLG0ZWUczgY[/youtube]
Read More »Yesterday I joined 120 others at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center for a talk by Eric Rosengren, President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The event was co-sponsored by UML and the Parker Lectures. The formal portion of this hour-long talk was “How Should Monetary Policy…
Read More »Mehmed Ali was once a familiar man-about-town in Lowell, but now he is more like a man-about-world, having been in Iraq working for the US government for the past two years. He is back in the area for a few days on a short break from his assignment with the Provincial Reconstruction…
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