Description: Alba Castillo, Republican for state senate from Lawrence, is runs against Patricia McGovern. Clip of debate between the candidates. Castillo campaigning at supermarket. McGovern's real estate office.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1990
Description: Dam in Lawrence under construction. Water cascading over levee. Concrete being poured. Many hard hat workers. Cement truck. Crane transports concrete bucket and shute. Immense excavation site. Sparkling lake ringed by greenery. Close-up on churning white water.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1980
Description: Profile of changes in Lawrence following an influx of Puerto Rican and other Hispanic immigrants. Interviews with recent arrivals and "old-time" white residents, as well as a representative of Kaps clothing store on the decision to move from its Essex Street location. Mayor Kevin Sullivan attributes the city's difficulties to welfare and a declining middle-class tax base, and warns that the city of Lawrence will "make it very rough" for new arrivals who are unwilling to "contribute."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/28/1991
Description: INTERVIEW WITH FRANK KEEFE ON HIGH TECH, LOWELL, LAWRENCE AS CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/28/1984
Description: Rep. Charles Flaherty at Lawrence press conference touts George Keverian as next house speaker. Introduced by Rep. Kevin Blanchette. Keverian speaks about abuses of power by incumbent. Lawrence green.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1984
Description: Mayoral election day in Lawrence. Interviews with Lawrence residents on who they think will and should win: incumbent John Buckely, or soon-to-be-winner Kevin Sullivan. Shots of Buckley and Sullivan campaign billboards. Campaign workers outside of Ward 6, Precinct 9 voting place, holding campaign signs covered in plastic, because it's raining. Buckely shows up at the voting place and thanks campaign workers and voters. David Williams interview Buckely on his experience. Williams also interviews Sullivan on his qualifications, and his misconstrued campaign advertisement, for which he was accused of racism. Video goes out in the middle of the interview, and then comes back. Buckely thanks campaign workers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/05/1985
Description: LAWRENCE RACE RIOTS in TOWER HILL SECTION. (NIGHT footage from MACNEIL/LEHRER. DAY from WBZ)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/10/1984
Description: Latino storefronts in Lawrence. El Presidente market “Spanish-American grocery” sign. Bodegas. Low-rise brick public housing project. Residents sitting outside at card table. Young girls stand near tree, bounce ball. Eight men hang out. Wide shot of mill building with clock tower on river, smokestacks in distance. Light traffic on downtown street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/01/1984
Description: Merrimack Valley American-Hispanic Republican Headquarters in Lawrence. Latino voter registration drive. “Viva Reagan” bumper sticker. Woman checking voter lists against phone book. Greg Hyatt stands outside headquarters. Three short interviews on why Hispanics should be Republican.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/02/1984
Description: Lawrence cannot afford to spend enough on education to produce high test scores and low dropout rate. Lawrence High School exterior, classroom, cafeteria.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/12/1989