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Salem: ‘Still Making History’
Salem, Mass., has a new marketing logo and slogan. Read the boston.com article here, and get the Globe if you want more.
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Koch Bros. Surface in Wisconsin Struggle
Forbes’s columnist Rick Ungar writes about the Koch brothers and their money in the Wisconsin struggle. Thanks to Nomi Herbstman on Facebook for the link.
Read More »To blog, or not to blog: that is the question . . .
I had coffee with a good friend this morning, and we got around to talking about what the heck we are doing with our waking hours, aside from earning a living doing work that we are fortunate to have the opportunity to do. We all have a certain number of…
Read More »David Corn Drops the Magic Word: ‘Kerouac’
David Corn in Politics Daily skewers Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) for mangling the truth and showing no mercy for those about to lose jobs due to federal budget cuts. Corn has a surprising wrap up to his column that he titled “Naked Lunch.” Here’s the opinion piece, which I picked up…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats Meet Tomorrow: February 19, 2011
The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats will be held tomorrow – Saturday February 19, 20011 at 8am at the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. The regular agenda will include: discussion of the upcoming Democratic Convention caucus results ; the 5th District and the legislative redistricting plans; and host committee…
Read More »Charlie’s Corner
From Tony Sampas: Beneath the snow, etched in the stone is: “REMEMBER Don’t forget your roots. Dedicated October 27, 2001”
Read More »It’s Not Spring, but It’s Gettin’ There
Here’s a poem from a warm spell during a February long ago. In addition to being in a couple of my books, this one was included in the anthology “Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems” edited by Brooke Horvath and Tim Wiles and published by Southern Illinois University Press.—PM . Spring Fever .…
Read More »From Boston to Lowell – Famine Relief to Ireland, 1847
MassMoments reminds us today of the terrible famine faced by the people of Ireland in the mid-1840s. Brought low by the potato blight, harsh winter weather and burdensome taxes, the Irish people were starving and perishing in horrible numbers. Those who could – left their land. The plight of the…
Read More »Lowell Planning & Development Forum
Move Lowell Forward, the local non-partisan political action committee, hosted a Planning and Development Forum featuring Assistant City Manager for Planning and Development Adam Baacke. Adam spent about 90 minutes reviewing and answering questions about many projects underway and planned in the city before a crowd of about 50. Here…
Read More »Steve O’Connor’s Novel Previewed in Sun
This blog’s frequent contributor Steve O’Connor has his first novel on the shelves: “The Spy in the City of Books.” Today’s Sun includes a fine preview article about the book and the story behind the story. Steve’s book-launch party is this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Athenian Corner on Market…
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