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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. …

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s the next phase of silly season.  U.S. Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are to-ing and fro-ing about how often they’ll debate one another and in what settings.  So far, she has agreed to four televised…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Forget Romney and Obama for now.  The greatest immediate impact on the U.S. economy, beyond the control of either nominee, could be what happens Sunday in the Greek run-off election.  On that day, millions of Greek…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Three-term 5th district Congresswoman Niki Tsongas marches to a slightly different drummer than her colleague Mike Capuano, the subject of yesterday’s blog posting.  Her rhythm is not a march exactly, more a step-by-step piecing together of small scale bipartisan initiatives…

At Congdon’s Restaurant in Wells, Maine you can cast an early vote for President of the United States. But first you need to qualify and to do that you must eat breakfast there (BTW, the food is excellent). Here is how it works…At the end of the meal, each customer…