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As we sit and wait to see the full impact of today’s expected “Blizzard”, below is a look back at the storm of the century. The storm that those of use that lived through will never forget. In 1978 I was living on the first floor of a three family…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I can remember the day when many, if not most, major Broadway shows opened in Boston for a test run.  West Side Story and South Pacific are just two that spring immediately to mind. (Others opened in Philadelphia or…

  Here are some of the reasons I think Scot Brown decided not to run in the special election to fill John Kerry seat in the US Senate: This would have been Browns third Senatorial campaign in two years.  Candidate energy, family strain and most importantly fundraising would have been…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron own blog. Mea culpa.  On December 4, this very blog expressed the sense that Boston Mayor Tom Menino should hang it up. Quit while he was ahead. Yield to diminished physical capacity and rest on his laurels.  Accept congratulations…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You’ll find it here. The scion of a multi-generational political dynasty, Massachusetts’ new fourth district congressman is youthful, charming, and unpretentious. He reflects an honest humility appropriate to someone who has been in Congress for just three weeks.  Speaking to this morning’s meeting…

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…

The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For four decades, the Commonwealth has been trying to figure out how to have a comprehensive transportation system. Comprehensive, well maintained but affordable. The issues don’t change: what to provide,who should pay, where the money should come from. For the…

Today President Obama will be sworn into office for a second term as the 44th president of the United States. The first Presidential Inaugural I remember took place on January 20, 1961. I was ten years old. The new president was just 43 years old and had captured the country’s…

Lowell’s WinterFest is just around the corner. Here is an informational video posted by GreaterMV. For more information on WinterFest visit www.lowellwinterfest.org

The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray has announced he won’t be a candidate for governor or any other statewide office in 2014. We’re thus spared the media obsession with his peculiar early morning driving accident in 2011, never explained to the…