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Below is an interesting video tour of Lowell City Hall given by City Councilor Rita Mercier along with Erica Alarise (host). The show is produced and edited by Crystal Johnson and posted by heels2479.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You can view it by following this link. As a former journalist turned communications strategist, I look at Mitt Romney’s right hand man Eric Fehrnstrom and think there but for the grace of God go I. It’s the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Some stories never end, and too often the media let them drift from public consciousness. Not so, Brian McGrory. His moving column Wednesday  on the aftermath of the Darryl Williams shooting is a powerful reminder that some people…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Click the link to visit it. Hurray for the Globe. On Monday, it analyzed the assumptions of Mitt Romney’s proposals to beef up the military till expenditures hit four percent of GDP, challenged the relevancy of his data…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It used to be a little awkward when people I know would question why I read the Boston Herald, (along with the Globe, the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal and more.) The quality was often a…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons -Barron’s own blog. Memo to Elizabeth Warren: wrap your arms around Greg Smith and get him to endorse your candidacy. The just departed Goldman Sachs vice president slammed the door loudly when he walked out, faulting the culture of overbearing…

The film below, titled Kony 2012 has gone viral receiving over 74 million views as of today. Jason Russell directed and narrated this powerful video whose purpose is to call the world’s attention to Ugandan criminal, Joseph Kony. Kony is a powerful warlord who has been accused of abducting thousands…

Last week the US House of Representatives approved the Lowell Nation Park Exchange Act filed by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.  According to a press Release issues Tsongas’ office on February 29: The bill permits the transfer of the National Park’s surface parking lots on Dutton Street to the City in exchange…