Steve O’Connor discovered a room full of books and an incredible story in Pawtucketville: A few years ago, while browsing through The Lowell Sun, I came across a small announcement in the classified section under Free Offers. “Sherlock Holmes Books Free to Interested Party.” I was intrigued by the announcement,…
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Mickey O’Keefe, Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in a scene from “The Fighter” Another review of “The Fighter” has surfaced – this time on WickedLocal.com/provincetown. Writer/reviewer Loren King has an interesting take on the movie, the family and on the city of Lowell. …Wahlberg, who’s owned the rights to this…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Often, elected officials vote yea in committee and nay on final passage of a bill so they can have it both ways. How many officials, elected or appointed, can you name who have done a complete,…
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Arizona Republic columnist Linda Valdez today writes about the shooting of the homegrown Congresswoman. I picked up this link from realclearpolitics.com
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Sparked by news of Dharma Buns sandwich shop’s expected closing this week, there’s a lively, thoughtful discussion about downtown life (business and otherwise) going on at www.leftinlowell.com. Here’s the link to the comments (20-plus and increasing). UPDATE from Dick (who is sorry to intrude on Paul’s post) Besides the lively…
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In today’s Boston Globe – editorial page editor Peter S. Cannellos offers his take on the real meaning of John F. Kennedy’s “City Upon a Hill” speech of farewell to the citizens of the Commonwealth – offered 50 years ago today. From Canellos: By making Winthrop his antecedent, his very…
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As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the election of John F. Kennedy – native son of Massachusetts – to the position of 35th President of the United States, it is fitting that we recall his parting words to the citizens of the Commonwealth. On January 9, 1962, the President-elect…
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