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Forbes magazine and website published its latest list of highest-earning authors, topped by James Patterson at $84 million for the past 12 months. I picked up this bulletin from bbc.com. See the top ten here. New Englander Stephen King made third place with $28 million. Note to self: Poets not found on…

This year’s Lowell City Council race is attracting substantial interest in Cambodia. The Phnom Penh Post recently ran a big story about the race with special emphasis on the two Cambodian-American candidates, Van Pech and Vesna Nuon both running for the city council. The article features an interview with Pech…

It’s Back On Sunday, August 21 the Westford Rotary brings back the Pig ‘N’ Pepper Fest. This fun filled day will take place at the Nashoba Valley Ski Area. An old-fashioned fest for the whole family featuring games and rides for the youngsters and music for everyone. Great food and…

Another fun video filled with local flavor. Cambodian American Student Association (CASA) UML umass lowell university of Massachusetts Lowell ma khmer angkor wat phnom penh Merrimack …

Today family and friends will bury performer Amy Winehouse. The first time I ever “heard” or “heard of” Amy Winehouse was the night of the 2008 Grammy Awards. Truthfully, I never watch these shows, but for some reason that night my channel surfing stopped on the awards show. Cuba Gooding…

Here is an interesting look at the Lowell Campus of Middlesex Community College provided by an an amateur videographer who calls himself wishbuyer.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Back on January 14, 2006, after winning three successive Superbowls, the New England Patriots lost the AFC Divisional playoff to Denver by a score of 27 to 13. For days most New England fans felt…

This is a sneak previous of just some of what you can expect at Lowell Farmer’s Market. This video was originally post by loftsatPerkinsPark

A teaser by the monkeys and the goats with the dogs being riden herding goats with the monkeys riding herding the goats. This video was originally posted by pobomm

Back in early 1977, a double full page ad appeared in the Boston Globe announcing New England’s first mega bookstore – a Barnes and Noble at Downtown Crossing in Boston (it may not even have been called Downtown Crossing way back then). Barnes and Noble grew rapidly and soon a…