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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Shortly after my blog criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks in containers of more than 16 oz, I read the Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham piece offering an alternative solution, and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Aaron Deveau was only 17 when he crossed the center line while texting and killed Daniel Bowley, Jr. of New Hampshire, the father of three grown children. Deveau, now 18 years old, is the first person to be…
Read More »From the video description: The Mill City Triathlon is a great event held at the Lowell Beach on the Merrimack River in Lowell Massachusetts. The swim is an out and back in the Merrimack River. The bike course is a rolling course in Lowell and Tyngsboro followed by an an…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Be sure to check it out too. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday urged the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. This follows on the heels of last week’s move to ban the sale of sugary drinks in cups…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. In 1978, I was covering Republican U. S. Senator Ed Brooke’s reelection campaign for the Boston Phoenix. Both on primary and election day, I was glued to him. Where he went, I went. Sometimes…
Read More »Here is another video taken during the recent shooting in Tewksbury of the new Adam Sandler movie, Grown Ups 2. This one shows Actor/Comedian Peter Dante signing autographs at Stadium Plaza. Danta is a friend of Sandlers who has been in most of the “Happy Madison” movies. This video was…
Read More »The New York Times just yesterday featured a story about a group of Lawrence, Massachusetts residents who have come together to strategize about how to tell the “other side of the story” – to work out a plan to change the prevailing image of the city. Boston Magazine recently labeled Lawrence…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Former football star Brian Banks of Long Beach, California got a really raw deal. What happened to him is shocking and outrageous. A stupid, unthinking woman accused him of rape. Except in 2003, Wanetta Gibson,15, was a stupid,…
Read More »There are some great pictures of this year’s Middlesex Community College graduation on the college’s blog. Check it out. http://community.middlesex.mass.edu/blogs/mccblog/ And you can watch Chancellor Marty Meehan give his address to the Umass Lowell graduation class on YouTube. Here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkjTNHRgjaU
Read More »This guy has the Prez down perfectly… Seen on C-SPAN: Obama impersonator Reggie Brown performed during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
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