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This is a fascinating video of Fletcher’s Quarry in Westford taken close to twenty years ago. The video was originally post by nhrman.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Boston Marathon is all about tradition, and not just for the runners. I’ve lived within walking distance of the marathon for most of my life, going back to my childhood not far from the Commonwealth Avenue route…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen, a CNN commentator unaffiliated with the Obama campaign, made a dumb remark that quickly became a media obsession. Ann Romney, she asserted, shouldn’t be called on to speak about economic…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It never made sense to me, but now it does. I never thought this was the time for the President to open temporarily the spigot of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve,  the world’s largest supply of emergency crude…

Last Wednesday at the Appleton Mills in Lowell Mass Innovation Nights,  ran an “event designed to leverage the local social media community.  Every month the event showcases a wide range of new and innovative products from local companies.  Mass Innovation Nights is marking its third anniversary and the first event…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The stock market is down over 500 points, violence is increasing in Afghanistan, North Korea seems poised to launch a rocket that could figure in its nuclear program, hate crimes in Florida and Oklahoma dominate headlines, spring gardens…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Co-leader Couples turns back clock at Augusta” read Saturday’s Boston Globe sports section sub-headline, hailing the return to prominence of Fred Couples in the Masters golf tournament. If he wins, the good looking fellow could become the oldest…

Here is another video excellent from the UMass Lowell Robotic’s Lab. This video is an overview of the UMass Lowell Robotics Lab’s research, including our work with multi-touch devices for robot control, telepresence, combining art and robotics, and student projects from undergraduate and graduate students.

The entry beow is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Most attorneys general don’t go after political corruption because acting against colleagues can translate into a dead end politically. But Martha Coakley has a new Public Integrity Division, a welcome addition. And she has the new 2009 ethics…