Atkins, Eldridge take on the U.S. Supreme Court

Two local state legislators, Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, and Rep. Cory Atkins, D-Concord, have introduced legislation for a state resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and restore fair elections. The bill, “The People’s Rights Resolution,” decries the court’s ruling as a [...]

Big Brother is Watching You

Thanks to Senior Writer Jennifer for assisting on this item. You’re being watched — by the Lowell Police Department. Yes, you. In response to the recent rash of alcohol-fueled mayhem and destruction in the downtown, the Lowell Police have mounted two surveillance cameras on downtown buildings. One camera looks down Merrimack Street towards Kearney Square; [...]

Happy Birthday, Tom

Tom McKay, who is credited with the ongoing renaissance at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, will celebrate his 66th-birthday Thursday, likely in the hospital. This may sound odd, but there is probably no other place McKay would want to be right now. McKay was resting comfortably Monday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital after undergoing a liver [...]

Tickets Going Quick Like a Fox

It’s still nearly four months away, but the Middlesex Community College Celebrity Forum featuring Michael J. Fox is on its way to being an early sell-out, with ticket sales going faster than Marty McFly’s Delorean. Word is some tickets still remain, but the early numbers are pointing toward a packed house to listen to the [...]

Sergi would like to say sayonara to Middlesex

When UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan announced several weeks ago that he would establish a communications/journalism major, he was asked what type of attributes he was looking for in a department head. First and foremost, he said, he was looking for an established academic with, of course, advanced degrees in the field. Ideally, he said, [...]

Tuesday, May 31 Sun story on Sergi

LOWELL — Journalism professor Rose Sergi may have won her personal four-year legal battle with the administration at Middlesex Community College, but she lost the war. While her reputation as a trusted instructor has been restored, Sergi said MCC students have suffered the greatest educational indignity — the loss of the college’s outspoken and award-winning [...]

Too cozy?

Thanks to Reporter Sarah Favot for today’s Column Blog post Some Greater Lowell Technical High School School Committee members think the relationship between Superintendent Mary Jo Santoro and the attorneys at Long & DiPietro, LLC. is too close. “There’s a little to much comfort and too much money being tossed around,” said Fred Bahou, who [...]

Pangy enters new, yet familiar, arena

Thanks to State House Reporter Chris Camire for this first Column Blog post of the week. Former State Sen. Steve Panagiotakos, who left office in 2011 after 18 years on Beacon Hill, has registered as a lobbyist and is counting Community Teamwork, Inc. as one of his first clients. “I want to get back into [...]

The importance of caucusing

As Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, his Democratic challenger, continue to wage political battle, local Democratic caucuses across the state, and region, began in earnest Feb. 11. With Brown surging in the latest Suffolk University/Channel 7 poll by 9 points, one of Warren’s primary objectives is to clear the Democratic field. Aiding in [...]

Well deserved honors

Because of their advocacy, work ethic and sincerity, two well-known community activists, Karen Frederick and Paul Marion, will be recognized during two upcoming high-profile events. Frederick, a Dracut resident and executive director of Community Teamwork Inc., the region’s largest anti-poverty agency, has been chosen to deliver the keynote address during Lowell Women’s Week kick-off breakfast [...]