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Documentary movie about the last Pow-Wow Oak Tree in Lowell, MA. Traces the historic events that took place at the tree, the role it played in the American Revolutionary War, and the story of the Pow-Wow Oak Protectors – a citizen group trying to preserve and protect the tree for…

Out of the Killing Fields: Recollections of Cambodia – George Tang as interviewed by his son Sidney Tang. Part of UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education Interviews for the Library of Congress StoryCorps. Sokhar Sao interviewed with his daughter, Felicia Sao. Sokheng Kong interview.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Stockholm syndrome describes what happens when someone taken hostage develops positive feelings for his captors. Barack Obama has been held hostage by the Republicans in Congress and in some ways is beginning to emulate them.…

Here is a great video go along with co-author Marie’s post below.

Please join Lowell teens and UTEC teen organizers Wednesday April 13 for the Joint Committee on Election Laws’ Public Hearing on Bill # 1111 – a home-rule petition filed by Lowell City Council to let 17 year olds vote in Lowell municipal elections! Boston, MA Statehouse in Hearing Room A2…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. As a kid in the early 1950’s, I remember coming down to breakfast and having my father point out to me the Boston Globe headline that Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy had published a list of Harvard University professors…

Talk by about being creative, informative and fun all in one…You’re going to love this video from the people over at Lowell General Hospital. Ignite Hope, Inspire Courage, join Lowell General Hospital’s TeamWalk for CancerCare, Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Tsongas Center at UMASS Lowell. For more information or…

I’m not quite sure of the details of this medflight shown in this video landing in Lowell. It was posted on April 6, 2011 by kbd863087

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. We love movies set in locations we know: witness The Fighter, set in Lowell, and The Town, set in Charlestown. The appeal of the familiar works in print as well, notably Andre Dubus’ powerful memoir…

I got this from an article written by Glen Johnson of the Globe. I love the headline “As Republicans wait, Obama kicks off re-election campaign” The Obama campaign used the two minute video below to start its engine.