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One of the featured acts at this years Lowell Folk Festival was Magic Slim and the Teardrops. Thanks to DaveMcHistory for originally posting this video on YouTube.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Recently, a Philadelphia church official, Msgr. William Lynn, was sentenced to three to six years in prison on one felony child endangerment charge for covering up sexual abuse by the now laicized priest, Edward Avery,  whom he supervised. Lynn…

Actor Sherman Hemsley best known for his portrayal of George Jefferson died last night. The Jeffersons, created by Norman Lear, aired for 11 seasons (1975-1985).

The Third Annual Bay State Memorial 5k Road Race will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 11:00 am, on the famous “Good Times” course in Lowell, Massachusetts. Come and join the fun, and lend your support to two incredibly worthy and valued causes: the Diane Geehan Youth Running Fund, and…

The entry below is being cross posted from  Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Shouting fire in a crowded theater is a terrible thing to do. Opening fire is a horror of a whole order of magnitude. Most of America is struggling to make sense out of 24-year-old neuroscience student James Holmes’ rampage, which so…

Yes, that’s Ziggy Burns signing the Lowell Song at the Athenian Corner. Thanks to Lowell Bank for posting this video.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I can’t really understand, much less explain, the Higgs boson, or the Higgs field that excites the creation of the Higgs boson. Scientists tell us it is the last fundamental piece of standard model of particle physics to…

The video below was taken at this year’s Lowell Police Student Police Academy. Taken from the Police Department’s website, the following paragraph describes the goals of the academy. The Lowell Police Department, with its D.A.R.E. and G.R.E.A.T. Programs, sponsors a Student Police Academy at the beginning of the summer for…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. What is Deval Patrick is thinking  these days? Other than his campaigning for President Obama, of course.   At issue are the Governor’s support of loosening a ban on gifts to doctors from pharmaceutical companies and medical device…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Last Tuesday, Congressman John Tierney did what he should have done many months ago.  He held a press conference and faced questions about what he knew and when he knew it regarding his brother-in-laws’ illegal activities.  For Tierney, there…