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As of now (8:07), both Channel 5 and WBZ are reporting that the worst of the storm along Route 2 is moving southeast, and therefore won’t hit Lowell. There are other storms in western Massachusetts, but none of them seem directed at Lowell based on Channel 5’s online radar map…

The entry below was cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The following people are just some of the reasons that safe driving advocates like State Senator Brian Joyce must be so frustrated. The owner of a blue Toyota, MA license 693HG8, on June 25 swinging onto Morrissey Bouldvard, swerving…

Fifty years ago (July 13, 1960) John F Kennedy won his party’s nomination for President of the United States. At the convention held in Los Angeles, Kennedy beat…Lyndon Johnson, Senate Majority Leader-Texas; Adlai Stevenson, former Governor of Illinois; Stuart Symington’ Senator from Missouri; Hubert Humphrey, Senator from Minnesota; and several…

I became a little pensive when I read former President George H W Bush ran his boat aground in Maine Monday. Personal history caused what you might consider an unusual reaction. I am lucky enough to spend a lot of time in Southern Maine. Over the years I have seen…

Fifty years ago yesterday Harper Lee published To Kill A Mockingbird. The book and subsequent movie hold a unique memory for me, which I will explain later. Harper Lee was born and raised in Alabama during a time of extreme, racial discrimination in the United States. Strangely, she only published…

I find it fascinating when a current event brings back a life memory.It happened to me just this week. I was listening to the morning news with my wife whena report came on about the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain (the Spanish call it encierro). Hold on hold…

The entry below is crossed post from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Something is happening with John Kerry. The state’s senior senator seems to be finding his real voice. He is coming across as authentic, not usually a word traditionally associated with him. Maybe losing the Presidency in 2004 has freed…

The weather is unquestionably the top story this week…and UMass Lowell’s Weather Center provides the best Lowell weather forecast around.  The University’s Department of Environmental Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences maintains the website. It is one thing to listen or watch  Boston forecasters but it is a completely different experience to…

The temperature was in the 90’s yesterday. It is going to be in the 90’s today and tomorrow, then, according to local forecasters, it will cool down to the upper 80’s for the remainder of the week.  So with all this heat and humid around, how do you keep cool?…