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Bullpen cop not a picture-perfect image by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Local writers (e.g., Dan Shaughnessy) have reveled in the image of Boston Police Officer Steve Horgan raising his arms in a celebratory pose as Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter fell over the bullpen wall chasing David Ortiz’ grand-slam homer. …
Read More »What’s in your wallet? Can you say Governor Alec Baldwin? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ronald Reagan. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Clint Eastwood. Sonny Bono, Al Franken. All actor/ entertainers who won roles as politicians in real life. Now here comes Alec Baldwin. His MSNBC show , Up Late, which debuts tonight, may be the next…
Read More »Clock ticks as extremists carry the day by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Red Sox move on to the ALCS, Gronkowski may play for the Patriots on Sunday, a Newton-based foundation is poised to save Boston’s First Night Festival, the school buses are rolling in Boston after an illegal one-day…
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Read More »City Council meeting of October 8, 2013
Councilor Mendonca chairing the meeting. Mayor Murphy absent. Early part of meeting features a discussion of early investigation of wisdom of installing $1mil in new sidewalks on Douglas Road. (Ed. Note: Seriousness of discussion reflects the fact that that neighborhood will produce so many votes in upcoming city council election).…
Read More »Polly Logan: the best of Republicanism by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts Republican Party grande dame Polly Logan, 88, died on September 30, a day when the national GOP showed again how it has become the antithesis of what she stood for. Polly, who lived on the South Shore,…
Read More »“All the Way” scores at A.R.T. by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Political junkie alert! You can get a fix in Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston’s portrayal of Lyndon Johnson at the American Repertory Theater. (We were lucky to be taken, along with two other couples, by dear friends celebrating…
Read More »Tewksbury Public Library Hosts UML Professor Forrant in “100 Author” Series ~ September 30, 2013
September 25, 2013
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Authors Professor Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell and Susan Grabski of the Lawrence History Center) will discuss their book – “Lawrence and the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike” on Monday morning, September 30, 2013 from10:30am – 12:00pm at the Tewksbury Public Library. There will be a book selling and signing afterwards for…
Read More »Re Red Sox: I was wrong by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. Please pass the salt and pepper. I’m about to eat some crow. Last July, I wrote how nervous I was when the Red Sox were in first place at the All Star break. Looking back over 20 years’…
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