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Once again Raytheon brings good news to the economy of the Merrimack Valley. Last week the US government granted Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems a $73 Million contract to upgrade the Patriot Missile System for two partner countries, Taiwan and Kuwait.  The Andover company’s stock increased to $52.31 after the announcement…

This entry was cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The case of Eric Balderas would make a great movie. The child brought to the United States by his Mexican mother, fleeing an abusive father, when he was just four years old. She struggles as a factory worker to care…

Here is… “A virtual tour of the NEW Tsongas Center courtesy of the UMass Lowell River Hawks YouTube Channel…This videos features a fly-over with visual renderings of the new Talon Club Room and Pavilion seating area!” (video description) This video was originally posted by umasslowell

Forty-five years ago this week Bob Dylan recorded Like a Rolling Stone, one of the most significant and beautiful Rock and Roll songs ever written. Several factors make this song so important. Initially, Like a Rolling Stone did not make Columbia Records’ approval. Columbia believed it was too long (6:34)…

The entry below was cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama said many of the right things on Tuesday in his speech on the Gulf oil spill, but there was no sense of satisfaction, much less elation. There was nothing soaring, not even reassuring. It had the feel of…

The entry below is cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. At 64 years old, an affluent and successful businessman and philanthropist, Steve Grossman could hardly be faulted if he wanted to play golf and winter in Palm Beach rather than subject himself to media scrutiny and today’s increasingly acerbic…

The entry below is cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Twenty-five thousand gallons a day of thick oil leaking into formerly pristine and productive waters. Thousands of goopy patches encroaching on four Gulf Coast states, threatening more. Birds black with oil. Local fishermen out of work. Cleanup workers struggling…