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Stories in the Eagle-Tribune and the Boston Herald recount the meeting between Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua and owners of bars along Essex Street earlier this week. The Mayor – who last summer laid-off 41 police officers – was looking for money to help pay overtime costs for a special police unit…
Read More »Dec. 23, 2010 (from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, jsonline.com) Editor’s note: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York Sun in 1897 and remains appropriate today. Merry Christmas, everyone! —– We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing…
Read More »This is the time of year when kids and parents are choosing a gift for that special teacher – usually in elementary or middle school. But wait – as Bill Maher would say – New Rules! As part of that much touted ethics law passed by the state legislature – lest these gifts be…
Read More »Musican Dave Norton sent a reminder about a good cause event tonight. Worthen House – Lowell’s Oldest Tavern & Restaurant 141 Worthen St. Lowell, MA 01852 (978) 459-0300 – “this one is for Ed!” Thursday 12/23 8:30 to closing. The line-up is a who’s who of Lowell’s music industry. 8:45…
Read More »For many of us 50 and older, watching the “Lone Ranger” was one of our earliest TV memories. I don’t remember much about the program, but I do remember the opening and the theme song. Seeing the name “Fred Foy” in today’s obituaries would not have attracted my attention; but…
Read More »Read NYTimes columnist Gail Collins today and feel good about our government leaders, at least some of them, working together to get some stuff done and move the sprawling nation forward a few feet just as we get set for another yearly starting line. Read her opinion here, and get…
Read More »Our blogging colleague Kad Barma called attention to this item: Lowell filmmaker and photographer James “Jim” Higgins won the Grand Jury Prize in the 2010 Screaming Ant Film Festival, which is a huge deal even though some of us have not heard of this annual online festival. His film “A Fairy’s Tale”…
Read More »I wrote the first draft of this poem in 1976, and worked on it on and off for a long time. I had in mind the extensive outdoor lighting displays in Dracut (the town) and Lowell, but especially as it evolved the dense array of Christmas decorations in Pawtucketville, between Mammoth Road and…
Read More »A story in today’s Globe traces Lowell Police sergeant Micky O’Keefe’s newest career as an actor, after his starring role in the Mickey Ward biopic “The Fighter” which has created quite a buzz both here in Lowell and throughout the country. Here’s the full story from the Globe.
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