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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…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Mike Capuano is not apologetic about his belief in government. He doesn’t try to  cast himself as a progressive or any other adjective that cloaks his unabashed liberalism as anything other than what it is-…

Yesterday marked former president George H W Bush’s 88th birthday. The elder Bush is known as 41, since he was the 41st president as opposed to his son, 43.  Currently, Bush is staying at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.  A close friend of Bush’s, film director Jeffrey Roth produced…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Shortly after my blog criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks in containers of more than 16 oz, I read the Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham piece offering an alternative solution, and…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Aaron Deveau was only 17 when he crossed the center line while texting and killed Daniel Bowley, Jr. of New Hampshire, the father of three grown children. Deveau, now 18 years old, is the first person to be…