<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>
<![CDATA[Lowell Sun Letters to the Editor]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com]]>
</link>
<description/>
<language>
<![CDATA[en]]>
</language>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[News]]>
</category>
<ttl>15</ttl>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Take action on gift room]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13840389?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13840389]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[The tail is wagging the dog in Chelmsford! The Byam Elementary School has banned Santa Claus, candy canes, stockings, Hanukkah or any other religious reference from their gift shop to be held Dec. 1-4.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:37:17 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[UMass Lowell, city working to upgrade bridge safety]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13840385?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13840385]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[UMass Lowell has been working aggressively to address concerns by our students who walk over the city-owned University Avenue bridge adjacent to our north campus. The safety of our students is the highest priority of the university and a responsibility we take very seriously.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:36:41 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Most Lowell drivers are considerate to bicyclists]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13831866?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13831866]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[Recently, my husband told me there was a letter to The Sun from someone complaining about bicycling in Lowell, something about how dangerous it is and how frightening drivers are.    I completely disagree with that writer.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:00 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Rationing has begun]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13831863?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13831863]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[The government just announced the results of a study concluding that women don't need a baseline mammogram until they are 50, and after that a mammogram every two years will be enough. What nonsense!    We all know personally, or within six degrees of separation, women in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s, whose lives have been threatened by breast]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:52 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[The time is right for Billerica to build a new Parker School]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13822887?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13822887]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[Before Billerica voters go to the polls Saturday and decide whether to go ahead with a debt exclusion to fund the new Parker School, I want to reaffirm several important points. All the information listed below is verified by the Massachusetts School Building Authority and is necessary for the state to enter into a funding agreement with the town]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:34 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Lowell Humane Society works in best interests of pets, adoptive families]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13814125?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13814125]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[I wanted to clarify a few issues in response to the Nov. 12 letter by Mr. Saffrin. I can't speak specifically regarding the experience of Mr. Saffrin and his wife as I do not recall that situation, but I would be happy to address some of our policies.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:35:45 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA['If you can't stop, wave']]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13806186?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13806186]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[I would like to commend the person/people who had the foresight, as well as the presence of mind, to honor a small piece of history in the town of Littleton. The new sign that was put up in the last couple of weeks to mark the new Littleton police headquarters that includes the phrase, "If you can't stop, wave," actually brought chills to my]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:45:53 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Byam PTO welcomes suggestions, volunteers]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13806181?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13806181]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[This letter is in response to the Nov. 12 Sun article  titled "Happy holidays, kids! (Just leave the Santas and candy canes at home)."    As members of the PTO board at the Byam School, we are shocked and dismayed at how this event has been portrayed in this paper, as well as on talk radio.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:45:44 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[Health-care reform is good for America]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13798498?source=rss]]>
</link>
<guid>
<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_13798498]]>
</guid>
<description>
<![CDATA[Rep. Niki Tsongas has not abandoned her constituents for the sake of party politics, as some would like us all to believe.    I applaud her for her vote for health-care reform and real competition for the monopoly the insurance companies have on the industry.]]>
</description>
<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/opinion:letters to the editor]]>
</category>
<author>
<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
</author>
<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:21 -0700]]>
</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>