Left In Lowell

Today’s Sun has their “third-annual list of the most fascinating people of the year.” Last year, fellow-blogger Cliff Krieger made the cut. But wouldn’t it be more interesting if they featured the 25 “not-so-fascinating” people.

Dick posted on the dual articles that appeared in the Boston papers this on Chancellor Marty Meehan and the Suffolk University . Did the item in last week’s The Column prompted both papers to cover this story?

What was the State Department bureaucrats in Nepal thinking? They initially denied the nine-year daughter of the Jamaica Plan store clerk who was brutally murdered a visa to come to the United States to attend her father’s burial. They were concerned that the family may extend their stay. But they came to their senses when U.S. Representative Michael Capuano placed a phone call.

The front page of Huffington Post is promoting a New Year’s Resolution: “Move your money to a community bank.” We are very lucky living in Greater Lowell where we have a quality local banks and credit unions to choose from.