Lowell

Gois Broadcasting Buys Lowell Station

WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Worcester-based Gois Broadcasting LLC has acquired WLLH 1400 in Lowell.

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) CEO Lowell C Mcadam buys 17,000 Shares

GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

By insider. EVP and Pres. & CEO - VZW JV of Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) Lowell C Mcadam buys 17,000 shares of VZ on 11/06/2009 at an average price of $29.58 a share. Read more » »

Lowell Thompson: Barack's Not Honest Abe -- But Neither Was Abraham Lincoln

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

We like to look back on past presidents and precedents to compare to current leaders. But when you actually know something about the real history, it seldom compares with our pop version.

Government Influenced: Kid Dynamite on Treasury, Reverse Mortgages, Risk Retention, FOMC Analysis, Linda Lowell, COP Says $4.3T

Mortgage News Clips (Free subscription) | yesterday

... The Disciplined Investor ———— Viewpoint: Like Us, Whitney Sees Risks in Fed’s MBS Exit – By LINDA LOWELL – HousingWire readers have already been reminded … that banks and would-be mortgage borrowers are first in line to be whacked when the Fed exits the MBS market. So I was thrilled yesterday when celebrated bank analyst Meredith Whitney put out an industry note that zeroes in on the Fed’s...

IRV Wins in St. Paul (MN); PR Losing in Lowell (MA)

Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Updated: 11:45pm EST The ballot question to adopt Instant Runoff Voting in St. Paul, MN was approved: Total Reporting: 100% YES 17,083 52.45% NO 15,486 47.55% The ballot measure to adopt proportional representation in Lowell, MA is going down. Things went smoothly in Minneapolis’ first Instant [...]

Sun/Blog Coverage

Left In Lowell (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Plenty in the Lowell Sun on Lowell’s landmark election yesterday… I have to admit, I really like the emphasis on environment and affordable housing that is mentioned by Patrick Murphy in two articles (one profiling him exclusively, here, another mentioning the winners, here). Bold mine. Conservation. Using Lowell’s “vast resources,” from its natural...

Feds to monitor Springfield, Lowell elections

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

BOSTON - The Justice Department says it will be monitoring municipal elections in Lowell and Springfield to help ensure that the rights of minority voters are protected. The...

Feds to monitor Springfield, Lowell elections

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

The Justice Department says it will be monitoring municipal elections in Lowell and Springfield to help ensure that the rights of minority voters are protected.

• Feds to monitor Springfield, Lowell elections - Boston Herald
• Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania - News Unfiltered

Bill Buckley Helped Joe Lieberman Defeat Lowell Weicker

Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Lowell Weicker was a moderate Republican Senator of Connecticut when he was defeated by Joe Lieberman with the strong assistance of Bill Buckley. Buckley later came to regret his effort when Lieberman came out full force for the Iraq war. We too often forget that conservatism in this country was launched by Buckley — National Review [...]

Robert Lowell

CLINIC// (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

I'm reading Lowell's Life Studies and I can't believe it's taken me this long. I bought it today as an extravagant treat so I'm not too far through, but I've been flicking around it. In the book is 'Skunk Hour', the poem that he wrote for Elizabeth Bishop in response to her poem for him, 'The Armadillo.' Their relationship is one of the most fascinating I've come across in the literary world;...

US to monitor Lowell, Springfield voting

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

BOSTON The Justice Department said it will monitor municipal elections in Lowell and Springfield to help ensure that the rights of minority voters are protected. The department said yesterday that officials will be in both cities for today’s elections. Activists in both cities have complained about a lack of minority representation in their city councils. Springfield is holding its first...

November Film Events

Left In Lowell (Free subscription) | yesterday

Lowell Film Collaborative is at it again…I have no idea how they find the time to organize all these film viewings! But thank goodness they do - what a great addition to Lowell’s cultural scene. From their latest email: “Life. Support. Music.” with special guest performance by Jason Crigler Thursday, November 12, 7PM, UMass Lowell, O’Leary Library...

Sex (Underrated Bond Babe Division)

filmscreed (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Part of the Bond 00-7thon at Filmsquish. Carey Lowell, License to Kill

Squeezing Credit Card Consumers

Payment News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

In an article titled "A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules", Andrew Martin and Lowell Bergman write for the New York Times about credit card issuer actions to increase interest rates and cut credit lines ahead of new rules on credit card issuers scheduled to take effect in February.

Police Seek Help with 2008 Edward Chaney Homicide Investigation

The Rancho Cordova Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

A year-long homicide investigation is still unsolved, and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for any information about the murder. On Nov. 9, 2008, Edward Lowell Chaney II, then 52, was shot multiple times while in his duplex on the 9000 block of Salmon Falls Drive shortly before 6 p.m. Neighbors who had [...]