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The following entry is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Dallas, TX-  Eyes in Massachusetts are on Tea Party candidate, former  police officer, Jeff Perry, who is giving Democrat Bill Keating a run for his money in the 10th Congressional district.  There’s another Perry in Texas, also trying…

I watched the Auditor’s debate last night between Democrat Suzanne Bump and Republican Mary Connaughton on NECN’s Broadside, hosted by Jim Braude. Normally, I don’t post anything this long…but I was amazed by what I considered to be a strange (I’m lost for a better word) performance by Connaughton. She…

Middlesex Community College celebrated its 40th anniversary Friday night. Staff and guests posted some wonderful pictures of the evening on the college’s blog.   Below is a sample…but click for much more.

Ryan Apostolakes drowned in Heart Pond in 2003. In his memory a 3.1 mile road race is sponsored each year. The proceed go to the Chelmsford Police Department and in particular athletic and educational programs. Here are some scenes from this year race This video was originally posted by picsforyou2000

 Throwing the bouquet at Hammersmith Farm in Rhode Island after the September 12, 1953 Kennedy nuptials. Twitter has become an opportunity to pull history – whether at the daily event level or with weighty moments – into the 21st Century. In 1960 when the Senator John F. Kennedy was running for President,…

This morning Niki Tsongas’ first TV Ad begins airing throughout the district. The Ad called “Been Proud highlights Niki’s background growing up in a military family and how that has informed many of her priorities including her work on behalf of our troops in the field and for our veterans,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tom Brady has a head start on a wonderful life.  He has the golden touch. But why couldn’t he also give a head start to the program by that name? Monday’s Boston Herald had an interesting juxtaposition, a…

This is a really funny clip from The Colbert Report featuring VP Joe Biden.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama’s Oval Office address, just the second he has made in his half term, was dramatically underwhelming. There was nothing new and little, if anything, that was emotionally stirring. We knew that our combat troops had been…

I’m not much of a fan of the TV show The Amazing Race, although my grand-daughter tells me I should be. Well, I guess she is right. The show held “open casting calls” last Saturday at the 99 Restaurant in Tewksbury and the place was packed.  I can see why.…