Posts Tagged “Paul Marion”

Preservation & Heritage Awards, 2014

Lowell National Historical Park News Release 2014 Excellence Awards Recognition For Community Contributors “During National Preservation Month, Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership celebrate community efforts in the realms of historic preservation, cultural heritage, and volunteerism.  Recognition of these accomplishments will occur at the kick-off of Doors Open…

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Bernie: Ideas Matter

(top photo by Jen Myers) I appreciated the farewell remarks of City Manager Bernie Lynch at his final City Council meeting as Manager last night. Especially this part, according to my colleague Dick Howe’s notes: Through all of that, I was hoping to build a sense of community. Lowell is…

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Who Gets Hurt?

In response to Marjorie’s grim assessment of the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, I went to the rh.com archives for this post I wrote in 2010 titled “Who Gets Hurt?” There’s no way to add up all the pain out there—and it rolls on day to day in…

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Remembering Tony C.

Friends on Facebook reminded me that today is the anniversary of the death of baseball player Tony Conigliaro. Here’s a link to an essay I wrote about him many years ago and which was posted on this blog at least once in the past.

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