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On Monday and Tuesday of this week I attended the 20th annual Massachusetts Digital Government Summit which was held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.  There was much discussion of the latest trends in the use of technology by city and state governments.  Below are my notes from some…

Jay Mason of 350MA of Greater Lowell shares the following: To all friends of 350MA of Greater Lowell: DIVEST LOWELL: Request for a motion regarding a resolution for divestment from fossil fuel investments. Come to Lowell City Council meeting on Tuesday, 12/9, 6:30pm. Help us support this important policy breakthrough!!…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Where has all the outcry gone?  Last April, when the radical jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, politicians and celebrities here and abroad protested their treacherous act.  “Where are our girls?” became the social media cause de jour, but…

The 2nd annual Lowell Social Media Conference will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2014 from 10 am until 1 pm at Lowell Telecommunications Corp, 246 Market Street.  Everyone is invited and admission is free of charge.  The event is co-sponsored by richardhowe.com and LTC. This year’s conference will feature…

Thanks to Bob Forrant and Derek Mitchell for an excellent presentation last night on of immigration in Lowell.  The talk was held at the Pollard Memorial Library and was sponsored by the Lowell Historical Society.  Bob provided the historical context and Derek, who is the director of the International Institute…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. It’s as if we learned that Mr. Rogers was a pedophile, or Marcus Welby had sexually assaulted patients in his exam room. This week we learned that Bill Cosby, the apogee of middle class…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. New York City likes to see itself as informed and sophisticated, but the city’s response to its first case of ebola was anything but.  The headlines screamed “Ebola in NYC.” News stories on television and on the electrified sides…

Here’s some information about a two-day long “weekend design workshop” that will take place on Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16 at the Armand P. Mercier Community Center in Lowell.  The cost to attend is $100.  The workshop is an Introduction to Urban Permaculture.  The flyer below has all…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Today Boston Herald Editorial Page Editor Shelley Cohen has a heartfelt and candid apology for the racist cartoon it published showing President Obama in his bathroom squeezing toothpaste onto his toothbrush while a White House intruder looks on from…