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Growing up in the 1960’s, while home from school on snow days or sick days, I would sometimes stumble on to the Jack Lalanne show as I spun the TV dial from Jack Chase and Don Kent on Channel 4 to Major Mudd on Channel 7. Lalanne was a bit…
Read More »Next month the NENPA – the New England Newspaper and Press Association – will recognize writers, editors and photojournalists from the Lowell SUN with nine awards. The association will gather for its annual convention and dinner at Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel on February 11-12. While the final placement has not…
Read More »As the Sesquicentennial remembrance of the American Civil War begins, battles continue for ground considered sacred by many but just land and areas ripe for commercial development by others. Back in July we blogged about the plans for a new casino – too close for some to the blood-soiled battlefields…
Read More »Perhaps I should wait until tomorrow for this post, because I have something positive to say about the Lowell Sun and a day when the temperature might not rise above 0 degrees would be somehow appropriate for that. But this news is too important to wait. The Sun is discontinuing…
Read More »Tewksbury’s Ashley Sullivan, daughter of the late WBZ/Lowell Sun media star Paul Sullivan, won a spot on American Idol. In an appearance filled with charm and humor reminiscent of her late father, the charismatic Sullivan captured the attention and approval of judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson.
Read More »An email from The Boston Channel arrived at 5:26 am and the robocall from the school department came in at 5:50 am. Another long weekend for students and staff. The means of notifying folks that school is canceled certainly has changed. Websites now allow you to zoom in on the…
Read More »John Fitzgeral Kennedy of Massachusetts – 35th President of the United States – January 20, 1961 – delivering his Inaugural Address at the US Capitol. Caroline Kennedy and one hundred members of the Kennedy family have gathered in Washington, D.C. today to celebrate and remember the 50th anniversary of her…
Read More »I’m an occasional watcher of the food-focused networks – especially the Cake Boss, Cupcake Wars with an episode or two of Iron Chef or Worst Chefs thrown-in for good measure. Really though – I’m no foodie – yet I do enjoy local restaurant fare from LaBoniche, Cobblestones and Cavaleiro’s to the comfort…
Read More »The City of Lawrence Fire department has been awarded a $6.6 million grant of Homeland Security funds to rehire laid-off firefighters and perhaps add some new firefighter positions. The announcement was made this evening by US Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. From the Eagle-Tribune: The Lawrence Fire…
Read More »For at least a year, much of my news from Tewksbury and Chelmsford comes from their respective “Patch” sites. Patch.com is part of a nationwide effort by America Online to revive itself. There are 800 different Patch sites around the country with four in the Greater Lowell region: Tewksbury, Chelmsford,…
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