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LOWELL – The goal is to build a 20,000-square-foot Buddhist temple and Cambodian cultural and educational center on a 12-acre parcel in the city’s Pawtucketville neighborhood — the largest such complex on the East Coast. This video was originally posted by kiletters
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. My friend and colleague Tom Waseleski, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, always prepares for New Year’s Day an aspirational list of headlines from which many of us could benefit. Here, with my own…
Read More »Iowa, Iowa, Iowa…”Iowa” is the word you hear the most on TV, radio and political blogs these days. Why? because on January 3 (this Tuesday) both the Republican and Democratic Parties will “caucus” in Iowa. Many, like me, go around pretending we know how a caucus works, but really have…
Read More »Here is an example of the heavy punches Ron Paul is throwing at Newt Gingrich… and they seem to be landing. The latest CNN poll in Iowa shows Gingrich has slipped from 33% to 14%.
Read More »You’re right!, that IS Chelmsford Moderator and former Selectman Dick DeFreitas playing the Sax on his own arrangement of Jingle Bells. Thanks to the people at Copley Media for bringing this video to us… Richie Defreitas, Ralph Funaro, Stanley Swann and the Casual Saxtet perform a jazz style version of…
Read More »The entry below is from the Middlesex Community College blog. The story touched me when I read it. Is is wonderful to read such an inspiring story on the holidays. One last post before Christmas, to give a holiday high-five to one of our own, Chris French, 21, of Lexington,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog The national mourning following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is so staged as to be laughable. Its purpose was to reinforce the idea that people should cope with the “grief” by staying loyal to…
Read More »Computer Science doctoral candidate Zhongli Liu demonstrates “Hawk,” an unmanned mini helicopter-based aerial wireless kit for search, rescue and surveillance that she helped to design with her team Yinjie Chen, Benyuan Liu, and Asst. Prof. Xinwen Fu at the UMass Lowell Center for Cyber Forensics to assist in thwarting cyber…
Read More »Last Wednesday iconic performer Billy Joel visited UMass Lowell and charmed the small crowd. Here is a video (original posted by djhawk32) showing Joel being introduced.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Naming Steve Crosby to chair the state’s newly created gambling commission is a very smart decision by Governor Patrick. If casinos are finally to be built in Massachusetts, at least there will be someone of integrity to oversee…
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