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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Sometimes it’s easy to categorize U.S. Senate candidates Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch. Congressman Markey is the unreconstructed liberal, right? His values on gun control, abortion, climate change, gay rights, and virtually everything else are unequivocally left of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it our too. Congratulations to Boston’s longest serving mayor. In the 1970′s, as a young aide to state Senator Joe Timilty, he told a few Beacon Hill colleagues his goal was to be mayor of Boston. They…
Read More »GLRR Vice President Jessica Costa talks about the benefits of joining the Greater Lowell Road Runners. This video was originally posted by davecamire
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Score Boston Mayor Tom Menino:1; Boston Globe:0 on the proposal to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024. Opined an editorial, a chance to host the Olympics is “too rare to pass up without further consideration.” Really? As…
Read More »This is an excellent video production promoting the City of Lowell. In the words of the YouTube poster of it… We built this video to raise awareness of those people who have heard about the city, but never visited. There is still a perception that Lowell is what it was…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. The announcement yesterday that the Boston Phoenix is ceasing publication marks the end of an era, an era of substantive, long-form journalism. Jim Barron and I wrote for the paper back in the 1970′s. It was…
Read More »St Patrick’s Church Bell Tower – Joe Connors playing “Danny Boy”. This video was origially posted by StPatrickLowell
Read More »I know this isn’t a sports blog, but I want to help ease the pain felt by some of my fellow New England Patriot fans caused by the departure of Wes Welker. I know, I may be in the minority, but I for one think it was time for the…
Read More »OK …by now we all know that if the Cardinals fail to elected a new Pope, “black smoke” rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and when they come to a consensus and select the new Pope “white smoke” rise from the famous chimney. But exactly how does…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Patrick’s hopes for Massachusetts, delivered in his state-of-the-state address in January were big-picture, visionary, limitless in their possibilities – especially in transportation, education and tax reform. They were so big, in fact, they took your breath away. His proposals focused…
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