Seventy years ago today the US Pacific Naval Fleet was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Over 350 fighter planes dropped bombs on the American naval force. Incredibly “one hundred eighty-eight U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,402 Americans were killed and 1,282 wounded” (wikipedia).
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Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grant Awardees from a past Philanthropy Day Last night the Greater Lowell Community Foundation presented its annual “Celebrate Giving” evening – an event held since 1998 – first as a daytime event of workshops and lunch now as an early evening event more accessible to people…
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This video was originally posted by GreaterLowellChamber
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s blog. The subtitle of Stuart Weisberg’s book Barney Frank is “the story of America’s only left-handed, gay, Jewish Congressman.” It could also be “ the story of the smartest, wittiest, rudest person in Congress in our lifetime.” It is also…
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Wow, I just love it when political Ads get creative. If you go the website mittvmitt.com you’ll see a 4 minute video produced by the DNC highlighting Mitt Romney’s many position changes on big issues. But the video I like even better is this 30 sec Ad designed like a…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. There’s something mindless about preparing for Thanksgiving: getting out the good china and other holiday accoutrements, preparing the vegetables, concocting the cranberry sauce, cleaning and stuffing the turkey. It’s satisfying to know what the goal…
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Here is an oldie but goodie to help us start the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Recent shenanigans to sneak more money for racetracks into the casino gambling bill (about to go to) the Governor’s desk are yet another reminder of the self-interest of many leaders on Beacon Hill. The problem isn’t just political…
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This video and write up were originally post by MartinS51989 Me at the Robert B. Kennedy Transfer Center in Lowell, Massachusetts during my travel training yesterday afternoon. This transfer is where MVRTA Route 41 goes to from Buckley Transportation Center in Lawrence (and back). In addition, this is also the…
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Below is the “For Sale posting” for the state’s old high rise in Cambridge,MA built by Middlesex County back in the 1960’s. In its active days the building was used for administrative offices, meetings (County Commissioners) and as a jail. 40 Thorndike Street Cambridge, Massachusetts the former Middlesex County Edward…
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