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As I watched the September 11th memorial ceremonies on Sunday morning, I couldn’t help thinking just how many people from the Merrimack Valley died that day. Tewksbury lost two residents on September 11, 2001, Peter Gay and Peter Hashem. A few years ago the town built a wonderful memorial to…

KIDS is an acronym for Kids In Disability Sports. In its own words, the mission of this Lowell based organization is simple: “We believe that children with special needs deserve the same opportunities for recreation, sports and skill-building as everyone else.” KIDS was incorporated in 1995 and services twelve Merrimack…

The NYTimes reported on today’s remembrance ceremony for Flight 93, which crashed in a field after passengers fought the hijackers for control of the plane. Read the article by Katharine Q. Seelye, and get the NYT if you want more. The passenger rebellion, he said, “is the most important battle…

Here is a perfect example of a hyperlocal video. Our staff noticed a bat just hanging out in the library. We called Animal Control, but they were already closed for the day, so our maintenance man took care of it. An hour later, he was still hanging on the net…

Scenes from the 15th annual Southeast Asian Water Festival in Lowell. The event was very well attended.

Driving around surveying storm damage after Tropical Storm Irene was in transit on it’s projected path over Wilmington Massachusetts on August 28th 2011 around 1300 (1:00pm) Video posted by Citizen Journalist TruSchoolSoldier

Ride on the Lowell Connector during the early stages of Hurricane Irene…video posted by Citizen Journalist ArtMonkForHof.

This video was taken around 11:00AM, August 28 in Tewksbury by FurMommy6.

This video was uploaded by Citizen Journalist bhumikapate130 as Hurricane Irene begins to hit Lowell on August 28.

Forbes magazine and website published its latest list of highest-earning authors, topped by James Patterson at $84 million for the past 12 months. I picked up this bulletin from bbc.com. See the top ten here. New Englander Stephen King made third place with $28 million. Note to self: Poets not found on…