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Marl Walhberg and Christian Bale on Sports Illustrated Cover From People Magazine about “actors as fighters” from Lowell-made movie “The Fighter” on the cover of Sports Illustrated : Mark Wahlberg not only received glowing reviews for his undertstated performance as the real-life junior welterweight Mickey Ward in The Fighter, but he…
Read More »Come January, 2011 with a reorganization of the Massachusetts Film Office – Executive Director Nick Paleologos will be out of a job. In the new year, the state’s film office will be administered through the state Office of Travel and Tourism. As noted in the Globe earlier this month – the office of Housing…
Read More »Lowell Gallery owner and all around good guy Guy Lefebvre sent me this nugget from an old Lowell newspaper. Some of the party platform planks have flopped and flipped through the years, but the rhetoric remains modern. This is from 1834, when Lowell was still a town, two years before…
Read More »Last Thursday was the kick-off of the Merrimack Valley Sandbox. I’ve already written about the overall concept of the “sandbox” as a model for leveraging the power of colleges to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship. A very interesting panel consisting of Dr. Carole Cowan, President of Middlesex Community College, Dr. David…
Read More »At 6:30 this morning, we headed out for a Sunday morning walk with our dog. Light rain was just beginning but the temperature was only 22 degrees. That combination meant that as soon as the raindrops hit the ground, they would freeze. It wasn’t too bad at first, but by…
Read More »Here’s the link at Gerry Nutter’s place for info about the Wed Dec 15, 7.15 pm, City of Lowell Conservation Commission meeting at which the Boott Hydropower/Enel company will be present to discuss plans for the dam at Pawtucket Falls.
Read More »Nov. 24, 2010, Contact: Allegra Williams, (978) 446-7200 x1473, AWilliams@lowellma.gov City of Lowell Green Building Commission Announces Call for Green Building Excellence Award Applications Deadline for Submission: Friday January 7, 2011 LOWELL – The Green Building Commission is accepting nominations and applications for deserving development projects that wish to compete…
Read More »Brian McGrory of the Globe and boston.com must have seen the premiere of the Micky Ward film story, “The Fighter,” because he comes out swinging on the side of UMass Lowell Chancellor Meehan and Lowell in his latest column. Read it here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »I pulled this from www.huffingtonpost.com — a commentary by George Lakoff of UC Berkeley, who for years has been talking/writing about “framing” public statements from a liberal or progressive (I detest these labels now) viewpoint. Read what he thinks about the communications problem that’s damaging President Obama’s policy prospects. What he…
Read More »More than 300 people gathered yesterday at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center for the launch of the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, an effort to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Merrimack Valley. I confess that I’m finding it hard to get a good feel for this…
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