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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A million electric cars on the road by 2012? Utilities getting 80 percent of their fuel from clean sources by 2035? These and other clean energy goals are exciting to contemplate as part of the President’s agenda, especially…
Read More »Earlier this week Channel 5’s Chronicle did an entire show on Dick Eklund, Micky Ward and the movie The Fighter. Watching it reminded me that I had never seen the famous slip/knock down of Sugar Ray Leonard by Dicky Eklund..so I check it out on YouTube and found this video.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Last week’s referendum on South Sudan may provide a respite in the stories of one of the most savage and dehumanizing conflicts in Sub Saharan Africa, but we must not turn away from the uncomfortable news that…
Read More »Sure the snow has made it tough here in Lowell, but check this video out, shot on the other side of the Merrimack Valley (Methuen) and posted on YouTube by The Eagle Tribune.
Read More »The following entry is being cross posted from Jack Neary’s own blog, “Shards”. So I saw THE FIGHTER recently. Not a bad movie. Not a great movie, by any means, but not bad. I think the movie would have had more teeth if it had gone whole hog and admitted…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama’s SOFU address was a good speech, not a great one. There were moments that were inspirational, but there were also moments that were, dare I say it, boring. In all, however, he was setting the right…
Read More »This Universal Newsreel from August 25, 1955 deals with several topics including a train derailment in Lowell near the Concord River. Unfortunately, I had trouble editing the video and the Lowell item doesn’t start until 3:25 into it. Anyway, it is a great watch.
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan talks about the schools recent acquisition of St Joseph’s Hospital, to be renamed University Crossing. These videos were originally posted by umasslowell.
Read More »With another big storm on our door steps, this video by Somerville TV provides some nice tips for proper snow shoveling…by the way, it seems I do it ALL wrong. No wonder my back is sore! This video was originally post by SomervilleCityTV. Or you could always try this method…it…
Read More »Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox wins 2011 Dick Berardino Award at the Lowell Spinners Alumni Awards Dinner from Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA on January 19, 2011. This video was originally posted by bkrudy.
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