Nancy Tuttle writes about the start of school and Merrimack Valley-Hollywood connections in the following post which originally appeared on Nancye’s World: It’s been several weeks since I’ve posted, but it isn’t because I’m lazy, just particularly busy as school got underway. Right now, I’m enjoying the sunshine and bright…
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Senator Everett Dirksen and Presdient John F. Kennedy circa 1963. Writer and commentator James Warren of the Chicago News Cooperative has an interesting take on a taped conversation with GOP Senate Minority Leader – the late Everett Dirksen – and President Kennedy in the Oval Office. The tape and transcript…
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With all the news about the rediscovery of invaluable artifacts and documents in the attic of Lowell City Hall, Tony Sampas shared some photos of the building.
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Another in our series on past election results – see the “Elections” link in the upper right corner for more statistics. The Massachusetts Presidential primary was held on March 2, 1976. The Republicans had a two man race: Incumbent Gerald Ford and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. In the Massachusetts…
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No, this is not Brew’d Awakening on Market Street on a Thursday night. It’s Syria. The NTimes online today has a lead story on a literary freedom outpost in Damascas, where poets and writers stand up and speak freely at the House of Poetry, where the posters on the wall…
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