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I like baseball. I really like baseball and have liked it as far back as I can recall. One of my great memories is of my father taking me to a Red Sox-Minnesota Twins afternoon doubleheader at Fenway when I was 11 years old. It was the mid-60s, and the…
Read More »Some random thoughts on the election that I scribbled down during the past 24 hours: I never would have guessed that the iconic image from the 2010 primary election would be a pair of men’s dress shoes. Chris Doherty used the shoes with the hole in them to good effect,…
Read More »The Board of Directors of Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI) has just announced the honorees for their 17th Annual Evening With Local Heroes to be feted on Wednesday October 27, 2010 at 6pm at Lenzi’s in Dracut. The group includes nine individuals and organizations from the Greater Lowell area. President’s Award…
Read More »Over on the The Boston Phoenix website’s – “Talking Politics” – David Bernstein tells us what he saw in the results of the Massachusetts Primary. From Guy being bumped to “Jon Golnik, taking on the woman he couldn’t be bothered to vote against three years ago” (i.e. Niki Tsongas), Bernstein’s…
Read More »Today – Globe staffers give a quick sketch of the results of yesterday’s legislative races where incumbents were challenged and and incumbents chose not to run for reelection. The linkages to former and current elected officials tell the political story whether it’s Flynn, Menino, Hart, Walsh, Flaherty or names closer…
Read More »Eileen Donoghue prevailed in yesterday’s Democratic primary for the 1st Middlesex State Senate District. The last time there was a contested primary for that seat was in 1996 when Steve Panagiotakos defeated Matt Donahue. Here’s a town-by-town comparison of the two elections: Dunstable Eileen Donoghue – 139 — Chris Doherty…
Read More »I visited the Kirk Street headquarters of Niki Tsongas last night after the polls had closed. Once it became clear that Jon Golnik would win the Republican primary, Tsongas wasted no time in bringing the fight to her opponent, highlighting Golnik’s failure to vote in local elections for eight years,…
Read More »Eileen Donoghue defeated Chris Doherty in the 1st Middlesex State Senate race. With all the votes counted but those from Pepperell, Donoghue received 6069 votes (62%) to Doherty’s 3699 (38%). Donoghue won every community in the district, taking Lowell 4241 to 2387; Dunstable 139 to 105; Groton 391 to 305;…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribune is reporting that State Representative Barry Finegold has won the Democratic nomination for State Senator in the 2EM District with 4,660 – he was followed by Deb Silberstein of Andover at 3,191 and Jack Wilson of Andover at 2,904.
Read More »The Moses Greeley Parker Lectures, Middlesex Community College, and UMass Lowell have teamed up to offer two important public lectures on economics this fall at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. Both programs are free and include a light buffet lunch. Here are the details: Monday, Oct. 18, 12 noon…
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