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No, that’s not really him, rather the picture above is a full size cut-out of President Barack Obama outside the Democratic Headquarters in Kennebunkport Maine.  Let me tell you, Kennebunkport may be the summer residence of the the Bushs’ but the Democratic Town Committee in KBP is gearing up big…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. As Syria goes deeper into civil war (and may draw in Turkey) and Egypt’s first civilian president, Mohamed Morsi,  calls for the release of  the 1993 World Trade Center  bombing plotter, “blind sheik”  Omar Abdel-Rahman,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Thanks to CNN and Fox, Thursday’s SCOTUS announcement was an emotional roller coaster. Like the Dewey-beats-Truman headlines, they both were so eager to be first that they were wrong. Shame on them. This time, print media at least…

Great finish at the Lowell Regatta…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. That whoosh you hear is the sound of money, gobs of it, flying from wellheeled donors to political candidates and “independent” committees on behalf of candidates.  The roar is increasingly deafening especially when the money is coming from…

Every June in Lowell the African Cultural Association invites the public to join in and celebrate the African Culture with food, music and dance. The video below is a sample of some of what took place at this year’s celebration. This video was originally posted by 2012AfricanFestival

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Mitt Romney says that President Obama’s recent move not to deport illegal immigrants brought here as children was motivated by politics. Now there’s a surprise!  That’s a little bit like Captain Renault in Casablanca saying “I’m shocked, shocked to find…

I read the Lowell Sun’s coverage of Michael J Fox’s visit to Middlesex Community College last week and became intrigued by actor. I have loved Fox since his days of playing the likable, teen conservative Alex P Keaton in Family Ties. Motivated by Fox’s visit to MCC I picked up…

Below is a time-lapsed video of the construction of the University Suites at UMass Lowell

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I first met Bea Barron when I was a political reporter and she was selling ads for The Newton Times in the 1970′s.  She was a longtime community activist who had worked for Newton Fair Housing, marched with Dr. …