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Coakley top executive material by Marjorie Arons-Barron

January 26, 2013 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Attorney General Martha Coakley told a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast Wednesday that government’s role is not to pick business winners and losers but to create a competitive environment conducive to the development of new ideas and…

Teacher-Pioneers ~ Lowell Women Go West

January 26, 2013 by Marie Posted in Education, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell 1 Comment

MassMoments reminds us today that when Asa Mercer of Seattle set out to recruit young women of good character to travel to the Northwest and fill the need for teachers in the Washington Territory, he came first to Lowell, Massachusetts. Why New England? Why Lowell? His reasoning was pretty straightforward:…